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 trifling head-ache, and said she would go for a few minutes into the air. "Will you step out with me, Matilda?" "With pleasure, my dear madam, (answered she, rising quickly from her chair, and glad to escape.)

The two friends walked to the garden. "My dear Matilda, (cried the Marchioness) I could rein in my impatience no longer; I was eager to congratulate you on the arrival of the Count, and on your happiness, in having now all your friends about you." "You are ever good and kind to me, my dear madam. I have indeed met with so many great and undeserved blessings, that my heart bounds in gratitude to heaven for its goodness towards one who, a short time since, thought herself the most unhappy of her sex." "You will remember, my dear, (said the Marchioness) it was my constant lesson to you, never to despair. Providence has now brought you out of all your troubles; a reliance on its justice and mercy, and an humble and grateful heart for the blessings you enjoy,