At this juncture the captivating artist is herself introduced. _Mr. Livingstone's_ modesty strikes him into a heap of confusion. "He sighs and looks, and looks and sighs again,"--he does not know "what to say, or how to say it; so that the trembling bachelor may become a wise and good lover." He stutters and hems in the utmost distress; to increase which, all his tormentors turn up the stage, leaving him to entertain the lady alone. The sketches naturally suggest a topic, and, plunging _in medias res_ at once, he vehemently praises her legs! The lady is astonished, and the mamma alarmed; but having explained that the allusion was to the drawings, he is afterwards punished for the blunder by being threatened with a song. Though at a loss to find out what he has done to deserve such an infliction, he submits; for he is very sleepy, and sinks into a chair in an attitude of supposed attention, but really in a posture best adapted for a nap. When the song is ended the applause of course comes in; this awakens _Livingstone_ in a fright; he starts, and throws down a harp in his fall. After this _contretemps_, the villany of the widow and her ally takes a different turn. In a love affair there are generally two parties; and _Miss Prudence_ has got to be persuaded that _she_ is in love. This it is not difficult to accomplish, she being no more overburdened with penetration than the gentleman they are so kind as to say she is in love with. So far all goes on well: for she is soon convinced that she is enamoured to the last extremity. _Livingstone_ having a sort of glimmering that the danger so long averted at length impends over him--that he is falling into the trap of love, with every chance of the fall continuing down to the bottomless pit of matrimony, determines to avert the catastrophe by flight. The pair of villains, however, set up a cry of "Stop thief," and he is brought back. _Sir Harry_ appeals to his feelings. Good gracious! is he so base, so dishonourable, so heartless, to rob an innocent, unsuspecting, and accomplished girl of her heart, and then wickedly desert her! Oh, no! In short, having already persuaded the poor man that he is in love, _Sir Harry_ convinces him that he would also be a deceiver; and _Livingstone_ would have returned like a lamb to the slaughter but for a new incident.