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 the gates closed between us, I gave a faint shriek, and threw myself back in the chaise more than half dead.

"My kind, my considerate father, gave way to the first emotions of my grief, and soothed me with so much tenderness, praising the sensibility of my heart. (Ah! he knew not then how dearly we should pay for, how bitterly we should deplore, that fatal sensibility) that I grew ashamed of indulging a sorrow that reproached me with ingratitude to so good a parent. This consideration assisted me in the recovery of more composure, and at length enabled me to recollect our situation, and to ask, where we were going to reside? My dear father heaved a deep sigh.

"I will not attempt to deceive you, my dear Louisa; I can no longer afford to pay for your pension; an unfortunate circumstance has compelled me to leave the service of the Emperor, and obliges me to seek a situation in the army of another Prince; I might have left you ignorant of this compulsatory arrangement; I might have suf-