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 lain. You erred, 'tis true, but you was young, in love, and a stranger to the world.—Your faults were venial ones, even in the eyes of prudence; for you preserved your virtue, and knew not that the man in whom you confided would prove a monster, a disgrace to human nature."

He then told me, that the army in Poland, being sent into winter quarters, he had repaired with all diligence to the house of the good Abbe, not having received either of his letters, or any intimation of his death. He was therefore excessively shocked at the news that awaited him, and my letters were put into his hands. 'Tis not possible to conceive the rage, indignation, and sorrow, which he experienced on reading them; he took his measures instantly, and departed for the house of Count Wolfran. On his arrival, he was informed that the old Count was gone on a visit to his son and daughter, at their estate near Ulm. Boiling with increased rage at this information, he pursued his journey, and came there when the whole family