-- period at the end of him ; it goes now in English -- My Casimer Teblinski , ' and that is of the most charming address . '' Amy colored , but had her return shot ready . `` Do n't exult ; that was only an oversight , not a deliberate deception like that you put upon me . It was very wrong and rude , and I shall not forgive it . '' '' Mon Dieu ! where have I gone in sinning ! I am a polisson , as I say each day , but not a villain , I swear to you . Say to me that which I have made of wrong , and I will do penance . '' `` You told me ' Ma drogha ' was the Polish for ` My pupil , ' and let me call you so a long time ; I am wiser now , '' replied Amy , with great dignity . `` Who has said stupidities to you , that you doubt me ? '' and Casimer assumed an injured look , though his eyes danced with merriment . `` I heard Hoffman singing a Polish song to little Roserl , the burden of which was , ' Ma drogha , Ma drogha , ' and when I asked him to translate it , those two words meant , ` My darling . ' How dare you , ungrateful creature that you are ! '' As Amy spoke , half-confusedly , half-angrily , Casimer went down upon his knees , with folded hands and penitent face , exclaiming , in good English , -- `` Be merciful to me a sinner . I was tempted , and I could not resist . '' `` Get up this instant , and stop laughing . Say your lesson , for this will be your last , '' was the stern reply , though Amy 's face dimpled all over with suppressed merriment . He rose meekly , but made such sad work with the verb `` To love , '' that his teacher was glad to put an end to it , by proposing to read her French to him . It was `` Thaddeus of Warsaw , '' a musty little translation which she had found in the house , and begun for her own amusement . Casimer read a little , seemed interested , and suggested that they read it together , so that he might correct her accent .
XXXXX agreed , and they were in the heart of the sentimental romance , finding it more interesting than most modern readers , for the girl had an improved Thaddeus before her , and the Pole a fairer , kinder Mary Beaufort .
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