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 reign remedy, and it freed him at once from all farther trouble from them.

In Bremen, Frank became the talk of the day; the fortune he had made abroad, in such an unaccountable manner, occupied the attention of every body, and formed the subject of conversation at feasts and funerals, in courts of law and on change. But, in proportion as his wealth and prosperity increased, and became the subject of general conversation, so Mela’s happiness and peace of mind diminished. Her silent friend, she thought was now in a condition to declare himself; but he remained silent, except now and then meeting her in the street; and even this kind of attention became less frequent; such behaviour betokened a cold lover; and the Harpy jealousy continually whispered unpleasant suspicions in her ear: “Banish the sweet hope of fixing such an inconstant swain, like a weather-cock, he is blown about by the slightest breeze. It is true, he loved thee and was faithful as long as his condition and thine were equal. But now a happy change in his circum-