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 amiable friend and her benevolent father must suffer, from the incertitude of my fate."

Louisa having concluded her story, Ferdinand proposed setting off immediately for Ens, to relieve the inquietude of her friends. She gratefully thanked him, but said, she had many reasons to prefer sending a messenger, as it was not unlikely that Mr. d'Allenberg might have left Ens, and the journey prove fruitless; but if he would have the goodness to procure a courier, she would endeavour to write both to him and the gentleman they had visited, and by that means should certainly gain intelligence of their route, if they had quitted the city. This method was adopted, and a proper person soon obtained, who was dispatched with the letter.

Mean time, Ferdinand and the Count expressed a good deal of anxiety that they had no return to the letters they had written.—For five or six days past, they had daily expected them, and the disappointment grew very painful.