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 was now more submissive and humble than ever, came frequently to see us, and approved our resolution; but he was always in the greatest anxiety when the idea of the Baron's arrival crossed his mind. Mean while the time when we were to expect the Baron drew nearer and nearer.

Six weeks were now nearly elapsed since we had received his last letter. One morning as I was reading, and smoaking my pipe, with much tranquillity, my servant entered my room, telling me, a foreign officer desired to see me. Not suspecting that I should be the first person to whom the Baron would give notice of his being arrived, I was struck with surprise when I beheld Baron T before me, and I cannot but confess that I was seized with horror, when I saw him. The marks of a recent dangerous illness were still visible on his pale countenance; his gloomy melancholy aspect strongly denoted the sufferings of a deeply afflicted mind, and his whole carriage horribly reminded me of the