A Sequel to Don Juan — page 28: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

DON JUAN. i9 XL, I am not certain which it was that broke The awkward silence—whether the first word Was by the Duke or by Lord Henry spoke,— I cannot say, for I have never heard : But this I know, that when Don Juan woke, A heavy foot-step in the chamber stirred ;— He rubbed his eyes, exclaiming, “‘ What's the matter ? And who the devil’s making all that clatter ¢”’ XLI, “ Clatter, indeed !”” his Grace ejaculated : : ‘¢ Was it to see this sight that I was led ?”’— He scarce could speak, he was so agitated : “<I certainly had heard such things, and read—’’ Here he grew more and more exasperated ; — “<I wish that I was single or was dead ! The jade—the wretch !—but I’Ll take out a summons-—— Upon my soul I will—from Doctors’ Commons ! Xx LIT, “ Was it for this that I, who took such trouble To make myself agreeable and to win her, Gave her a settlement of just the double Of what her friends required—the wicked sinner ! Was it for such an empty—airy bubble, Without a heart, that I would ask to dinner Five times a week those cursed foreigners, Merely to gratify a whim of hers ? CORnnicloookxs.com