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 my brother! O, Rhodophil! Claudina's gone, fled, I know not whither."

This address occasioned an alteration in the looks of the other, from a haughty fierceness, they softened into an appearance of compassion and curiosity. "Is it possible (asked he) that she has not acquainted you with her motives for withdrawing, nor where she intends to reside?"

"Neither (replied he;) she bids me adieu for ever, will never see me more, and desires me to forget her as unworthy of my affection; for Heaven's sake tell me if you can divine the cause of this cruel, unaccountable conduct."

"Indeed I cannot (answered Rhodophil.) Some weeks ago she was low spirited and melancholy, then she had fits one night, but in two or three days got better, and seemed more tranquil; it is certain her disposition has been very unequal, the cause of which I could never rightly comprehend."

"Good God! (exclaimed the other) it is very strange, her letter seems to imply as if