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THIRD DAY.

The morrow after the exhibition is like the morrow of the party, ladies look jaded at the breakfast table, but a discussion soon begins to open all eyes and give vivacity to expression, for the merits of the different actors and the different dresses are brought into eloquent discussion. The hall, a scene of disorder, must be put in the accustomed state. The business of the day is to work and to gossip in deep criticism. Evening comes for rest, and it is the eve of a Sabbath day. All the hum of business and pleasure recedes for a quiet social gathering in the parlor. A lady visitor is with us, not to play the cheat as I have, but to regale us with reason's power for a while. It is a pleasure to be in this sway -- quiet is the condition it brings us to enjoy, and what more fitting than this mind to end a day, a week, and with it I say to thee, Good night! A***s.