the stress of circumstances, sufficiently near the object of my
affections, to afford me the pleasing satisfaction of hearing from her
own sweet lips, her solicitude about me--in a word, all the
dressing-rooms but two were filled with
hampers of provisions, glass, china, and crockery, and from absolute
necessity, I had no other spot where I could attire myself unseen,
except in the identical pavillion already alluded to--here,
however, I was quite secure, and had abundant time also, for I was not
to appear till scene the
second, when I was to come forward in full Spanish costume, "every inch
a Hidalgo."
Meantime, Fanny had been singing-- "Oh why is he far," &c. &c. At the
conclusion of the last verse, just as she repeats the words "why, why,
why," in a very distracted and melting cadence, a voice behind startles
her--she turns and beholds her guardian--so at least run the
course of events in the real drama--that
it should follow thus
now however, "Dus aliter visum"--for just as she came to the very moving
apostrophe alluded
to, and called out, "why comes he not?"--a
gruff voice from behind answered in a strong Cork brogue--"ah! would ye
have him come in a state of nature?" a
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