on seeing it my niece will make no difficulty about obeying it; as

to the loveletter thou canst put by way of signature, 'Yours till

death, the Knight of the Rueful Countenance.' And it will be no

great matter if it is in some other person's hand, for as well as I

recollect Dulcinea can neither read nor write, nor in the whole course

of her life has she seen handwriting or letter of mine, for my love

and hers have been always platonic, not going beyond a modest look,

and even that so seldom that I can safely swear I have not seen her