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 deprived him of, were completely restored ere I went to him, and he was perfectly sensible of every thing I did for him, though too much exhausted to express his thanks, which his looks evinced him anxious to do, but which indeed a common act of humanity like mine does not merit." Clermont proceeded to say that he thought the stranger, though in such a situation, one of the finest young men he had ever seen. Madeline blushed; and, perfectly relieved from her uneasiness, felt a conscious pleasure at her father's opinion coinciding with her's.

The next morning, before breakfast, Clermont went to visit his patient; when he returned, his countenance announced pleasing intelligence.

"Well, (said he, seating himself at the breakfast table) I believe I shall soon grow vain of my skill, and declare myself a professed physician; as I prognosticated, my patient is already better, and I have had some conversation with him."