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 "My heart was ready to leap into my mouth for joy," added Volkert, "when I heard these welcome tidings, for this is the very situation I had been hankering after. Yesterday I received my instructions, my commission, and plenty of money, and I shall set off as soon as I shall have seen the decision of C's affair, and begin my new employment with pleasure and vigour."

We were surprised to see the gloomy melancholic Volkert on a sudden so cheerful and merry, but he did not give us time to disclose our astonishment, taking an hasty leave:—Having wished success to my friend, he shook us heartily by the hand, and told us, that if Mr. C should kill the Baron he expected him to join him on the road, adding,

"Perhaps I may then have a better opportunity to convince you of the love and high esteem I bear your." Having promised to see me once more after the duel, if possi-