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 too much care of our convenience on the road. We provided ourselves with good horses, and very little baggage; and were attended only by two servants. Being thus accoutred, we began our excursion, independent on the rudeness of the postmasters, who are of one cast all over the world. As for my companion, I had not the least apprehension of falling out with him, for he was good-nature itself. I called at his apartments with the first dawn of the morning; we mounted our horses, and the Count wished us a pleasant journey from the balcony.


 * i and I left Paris with light hearts, and cheerfully anticipated the pleasures which awaited us. Our hilarity encreased with every mile that carried us farther from the residence of every terrestrial happiness. We did not regret it in the least; and were entirely occupied with