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 The subsequent circumstances have been fully related, and having sent Ferdinand to Vienna, we shall attend to Claudina and her children, who were for several days inconsolable for the departure of her husband.

CHAP. VIII.

attention that affection, and the duties of hospitality enjoined, was paid by Rhodophil to his sister-in-law, and no longer restrained by the prudence and pride of Ferdinand, he made her a number of considerable presents, increased the finery of her wardrobe, was assiduous to amuse her, and in short gained so highly on the esteem and gratitude of Claudina, that she insensibly felt