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16 mented and joined to some gains, which I have acquired by commerce, double the a- mount of my savings. If this remittance has been tardy, I beg sir you will notice, that the delay has been occasioned by the death of the only trusty correspondent I had at Paris, and henceforth, I hope you will be so good as to supply his place. Alas! I may yet labour fifteen years before I can discharge all, but I am only five and thirty. At I fifty shall be free; the wound in my heart will be healed. A multitude of voices will proclaim my integrity; and I shall be able to return to my country with an un- blushing countenance. Ah! sir, how sweet and consolatory is the idea, that the esteem of my fellow citizens will be restored to grace my old age, and crown my grey hairs. ' He had hardly finished speaking,' when delighted at this exemplary probity, “I em- braced him, and assured him, that I never bad met with a more excellent man than himself. This mark of my esteem affected him deeply, and lie told me, with tears il his eyes, that he should never forget the con solation that accompanied my farewell.”. ' When I arrived at Paris, I made hit payments. His creditors were desirous o knowing where he was, what he was doing and what were his resources. Without ex- plaining myself in that respect, I impressed them with the same good opinion of his in