[Footnote 1: The main point of this story, the personation of Ginevra by one of her ladies, has been repeated by many writersamong others by Shakspeare, in Much Ado about Nothing.

The Duke of Albany, pretending to be in love with a damsel in the service of Ginevra, Princess of Scotland, but desiring to marry the princess herself, and not being able to compass his design by reason of her being in love with a gentleman from Italy named Ariodante, persuades the damsel, in his revenge, to personate Ginevra in a balcony at night, and so make her lover believe that she is false.

Touching the first, of course it is the discovery by Ginevra of the return of those maternal diamonds,which are handed to her by a femme-de-chambre, who has had them from Andronic's valet-de-chambre, who is in love with the femme-de-chambre, who reciprocates, etc., etc., etc.

I saw Ginevra on the balcony just now.