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 surgeon most humanely ordered to his own house, and the Count was conveyed to his son's. The blood had been stanched before their removal, and another skillful man was called in to attend upon my father, the surgeon being previously engaged by the Count.

The wounds of both were apprehended at first to be mortal. The Count's verified their fears; for on the third day, all hopes were over. Being informed of his situation, he sent for both surgeons, and the two servants who had carried him home; before them all, he declared he had wronged Mr. Hautweitzer, and had provoked his fate.—He was then sensible that he had injured him in his fame and in his fortune; and he bitterly regretted that his son's marriage put it out of his power to do Miss Hautweitzer justice.

After this, he had some serious conversation with his son; but there is every reason to believe, that son, so devoid of truth and