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52 lest I should injure him I sought to save; and so determined was my late guardian to prevent me from having any intercourse with my brother, that he transmitted the money due to my husband through the bank, in preference to myself. I now believe that he acted wisely towards him, whom I innocently injured, and was not permitted to benefit; him whom I still fondly clung to, and even now would give the world to know. "I was received, with sincere pleasure, by the only human being who cared for me; but he had become a busy man, and one much sought after, so that there was no alternative between a positive solitude to me, or mingling in company, to which I had taken disgust from their first reception. Besides, my health was never good, and, at length, I was again sent to Europe; but, as my husband accompanied me, we ventured on the overland journey, and settled for a time in Italy. When I was fixed in my native air, and near my old convent, Osmond left me, to visit the parents and family he dearly loved, and there he received the honour of a title, his father and elder brother being still living, and the circumstances of his family still calling for his exertions; and I am in daily expectation of his return, when I shall proceed to India with him, by the same route which brought us; but my old friend parts with us here for ever. I have received kind