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 in his pursuits, that he has had no power to injure us, and must be covered with confusion and guilt, charity may induce us to pity one so completely mean and detestable."

Those words, delivered without any emotion either in her person or voice, convinced us that Count Wolfran had no share in the disorder of her mind. A thousand different conjectures we then hazarded to each other, but in three days after, the whole was elucidated at once. Mr. d'Allenberg received some intelligence that grieved him, and too hastily communicated it to his daughter:—Its effects were instantaneous; she fell into violent and repeated fits, that ended in a delirium, and discovered the secret so tenaciously observed, so strictly guarded, that I was equally surprised with her father.

"Ah!" said Ferdinand, "may we presume to ask?"

"Pardon me for interrupting you," returned Louisa; "I would not hear a question that should make me doubt of your delicacy or prudence; all that I can, in honour