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"When this reaches you, I shall have bid the world adieu for ever; my much injured husband never will incur the wrath of Heaven for his attachment to a worthless woman after this day—I shall see him no more.

"The settlement you made on me is in the hands of Ernest; half of that sum I shall send for quarterly, but no clue will be found by that means to trace me; I have taken my measures too securely for any possibility of a discovery: The other half of that settlement I have made over in trust to Ernest for the education of my son. May he never hear that he has a mother existing! Two persons only know the place of my retreat, they know all! They are sworn to secrecy, and never will be bribed to betray their trust; if provoked they may say too much.

"May Heaven comfort, bless, and preserve Ferdinand and my child! I would extend my blessings, but they may prove curses;