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 particulars respecting the man who had possessed the heart of my wife; but delicacy repressed my curiosity, as the Count had always evaded any explanation on that head.

"The hours passed tardily until the time arrived, when she had permitted an interruption. The moment the supper was prepared I flew to her apartment, and gently knocked at the door: No answer was made, when I repeated it louder: I looked through the key-hole, and saw the key was on the inside; yet no noise or the least bustle was made.—Extremely alarmed I called for her servant; she was no where to be found, nor had she been visible for some hours. The Count by this time had joined me, and ordered the door to be forced. The apartment was empty!

"Never, never shall I forget the anguish of that moment! The window which looked into the garden was open: She is gone—she is lost! (I cried) and I am undone!"

"My dear son," exclaimed the enraged Baron, "lose no time in fruitless grief, let us