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CHAP. IX.X. [sic]

arrived at the Castle without any accident, and was joyfully received by his friend. "I began to complain of you," said the Count; "I am a selfish mortal it is true, for, as I heard from the servant you kindly sent forward, that you were engaged in an affair of distress and sickness, knowing the benevolence and sympathy of your heart, I ought not to have desired to monopolize such a disposition to myself."

"Indeed," replied Ferdinand, "you do me more credit than I deserve: I was merely a spectator of the benevolence of others,