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 and brought on that disorder which has hung upon him ever since. He hopes you will condescend to write to him once more before your return, that he may know where to attend you. He has not seen the Count, his master, since your letters arrived, but hears they have caused more surprise than pleasure; of that you will have a circumstantial account hereafter."

Mr. Dunloff concluded his letters with "praises of his young pupil, whose docility and good disposition gave promise of much future satisfaction to his father. His little daughter, whose delicate health would be most considerately attended to by his uncle and himself, was placed with a very worthy woman within a few doors of his own residence, and was visited by him daily. He conjured Ferdinand to divest himself of all anxiety for the health and safety of his children, and rely on his watchful care for the preservation of both."