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 Two months was spent by this agreeable party in all the delights that love and friendship could bestow; and, at the expiration of that time, Mr. D'Allenberg prevailed on his daughter and the Countess to make their lovers happy.—"Enough has been sacrificed to decorum (said he) it is now time to satisfy the demands of a tender attachment; life is short, and I wish to enjoy what remains of it, in the contemplation of my children's felicity."

The plea was unanswerable, and Miss D'Allenberg resigned her hand without the smallest reluctance to the happy Ferdinand. On the same day the Baron and the Countess were also united.

Previous to which, that Lady insisted upon disclosing to him the story of Louisa, and her own situation.—"I could not feel happy (said she) to know there was a transaction of such consequence in my life, a secret to my husband, where mutual confidence must be the basis for mutual happiness; it would also be