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But he did not suffer his composure to be put out by it: he drilled us in the positions and steps in a manner the most precise; and, when he had brought us far enough to dance a minuet, he played for us something easily intelligible in three-four time, on a /flute-douce/, and we moved to it as well as we could.
Should be flute-douce. 'The highest pitched variety of the old flute with a mouthpiece. Murray, N.E.D. cf. Etheredge, The Man of Mode , ii, II: 'Nothing but flute doux and French hoyboys. p. 420 a Curtain or Hangings. When several scenes had to be set one behind another the device of using a curtain or tapestries was common. cf.
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