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 and unpleasant to my friends; my temper seemed to be utterly ruined; but the events of this morning has occasioned an entire revolution in my feelings; the possibility of hope has restored me to myself.

A few words the Count uttered, as he was dying, surprises and confounds me.—He said, "Louisa:" The tumult of my spirits, at the moment, has lost the recollection of the other name; but he said, "Louisa is my wife—she must inherit."

What could be meant; had he two wives, or is my Theodosia dead? The idea chills me; for I know not the name of the convent she retired to.—'Till this doubt is removed, I cannot give myself up to joy, tho' my heart feels light, and presages happiness. The Count, I know, has an estate near Ulm, and I believe relations there: We must dispatch a courier to them, and then my destiny will be decided."

Count M and Ferdinand, having listened with much satisfaction to the volubility of Reiberg, who had spoken more words