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 to leave this purse; when you are settled at the Castle, you may return it." He laid the purse upon a chair, and hastened out of the house.

"Good creature! (exclaimed Ferdinand) I will not now mortify thee by a refusal of proffered kindness, because now I know I shall have it in my power to repay the money, and reward thee tenfold in thy estimation, by my attentions and marks of gratitude."—He strove to stifle his painful reflections by procuring several little necessaries and indulgences for his Claudina, which in her situation were wanted, and which the fear of not being able to supply had tormented him for many preceding days. She received and enjoyed them with delight, as the proofs of a parent's returning affection.—In the evening, when Ferdinand was sitting by her bedside, and she observed the deep gloom that every now and then pervaded his features, in spite of all his efforts to appear happy. She looked at him several moments