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 tion, and can be nothing more to me, or any man, than an object of reverence and admiration.

"You cannot suppose, my good Heli, that every lady, who may eventually be thrown in your way, must be subservient to you; a thousand causes may impede any attentions of your's in a particular light; but for your humanity and kindness, you will ever experience a grateful return."

Heli heard him, but answered not.—A sullen silence denoted a mind but ill satisfied. The remembrance of Fatima's charms, and her elopement, sat heavy at his heart; for he had now no companion that he could converse with, or who even understood his language.

The Count was not long before he returned with a physician, who confirmed Louisa's own judgment, that terror and surprise had caused the great agitation of her spirits, and a shock to her constitution, which was extremely delicate and languid, but that no immediate danger need be apprehended.—-