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I wonder what's my value out of livery! But here comes humble little Cinderella ( R.); I feel I love her--let's see, shall I tell her? [_Enter_ CINDERELLA. _Cin._--I've taken up the coffee, not too soon, And made all tidy for the afternoon. I think-- _Prince_--What do you think, you little gipsy? _Cin._--I think the Prince and Pa are getting tipsy. _Prince_--Well, darling, here I am again you see. _Cin._--You don't mean you were waiting here for me? _Prince_--Yes, but I was though; and can't you guess why? _Cin._--You thought that I popp'd out upon the sly? _Prince_--I have a secret for you--I'm in love! _Cin._--(_dolefully_) Who with? _Prince._--With you--fact! There's my hand and glove-- Do you return my passion and forgive me? _Cin._--I never do return what people give me. _Prince._--Then keep my heart! _Cin._--Mine kicks up such a bobbery, I'll give it you; exchange, you know, 's no robbery. _Prince_--We'll wed next week--a house I'll see about. _Cin._--I'd go with you--but I've no Sunday out." Beaumont and Fletcher, did I say? Rather Ovid and Tibullus. What a beautiful picture of innocence is conveyed in that suggestive line-- "You thought that I popp'd out upon the sly!" It is too natural for fiction. It must be a reminiscence of departed bliss--a sigh wafted from the street-door of a furnished lodging-house in Bloomsbury, when our authors plied the bistoury at Guy's. Bogle, if you ever should be in love, take a lesson from these great masters, and your suit is sure to prosper. Not a serving-maid in the Saltmarket but must yield to such fervid and impassioned eloquence. Talking of songs, I shall just give you the interesting ditty with which this excellent extravaganza concludes. There is fine moral in it, which will do well to lay to heart. "CINDERELLA _sings_. When lords shall fall before my throne, And dare not call their souls their own On my slippery path, lest I should fall, I'll think on the COAL-HOLE, and sing so small-- With my slipper so fine. Tra-la, Tra-la! GORGEOUS TABLEAU. [_Curtain falls._" Yes! there can be little doubt that, after all the Coal-hole _is_ their genuine Aganippe. Would you like to have a slight specimen of Planche, by way of change? It is not fair to give an entire monopoly to Messrs Taylor and Smith, however eminent th
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