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 the most plausible manners I ever beheld; so much so, that you would scarce feel an inclination to make inquiries that you must consider as equally an insult to him, and to your own discernment. But enough of this disgrace to society; let him no more be remembered among us."

Two days past away in this hospitable mansion with such celerity, from the delightful suavity and uncommon cheerfulness which Mr. D'Alenberg exerted to entertain his guests, and the more refined and elegant conversation of the ladies; that, on the third day, which the gentlemen had fixed upon for their departure, they felt infinite reluctance to give up the charms of such society, and relinquish domestic happiness for the clangor of arms, and destructive war. A sigh of heart-felt regret, and painful retrospection, escaped from both, when they met at the breakfast table, prepared for their journey.

"How," said Mr. D'Alenberg; "do you mean to throw a cloud over our little party, by deserting us? Did you come here