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 to which I now belonged, lay at Rheims, where I found myself in the utmost want of every thing. My pay, which amounted to five sols a-day, was scarcely sufficient to keep soul and body together; so that I was, by hunger and hard duty, brought down to the meagre condition of my fellow soldiers, and my linen reduced from three tolerable shirts, to two pair of sleeves and necks, the bodies having been long ago converted into spatterdashes.

One day, while I stood centinel at the gate of a general officer, a certain nobleman came to the door followed by a gentleman in mourning, to whom, at parting. I heard him say, You may depend upon my good offices. This assurance was answered by a bow from the person in black, who turning to go away, discovered to me the individual conntenance of my old friend and adherent Strap. I was so much astonished at the sign; that I lost the power of utterance, and before I could recollect myself, he was gone. Though I was perfectly well acquainted with the features of his face, I could not be positively certain as to the rest of his person, which was very much altered for the better. I asked the porter, if he knew the gentleman to whom the marquis spoke. The Swiss told me