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truth was unquestionable, and with the very little money they had, they were obliged to purchase necessaries for use, which was a heavy drawback. What could have induced this woman to injure and desert them they could not imagine; but the fact was certain, and the loss and inconvenience great. Claudina was again with child, and this event added to the continued displeasure of the Count, which affected her husband with a deep melancholy, threw her into a low nervous disorder, which rendered her but little capable of domestic business, and but for the kindness of Rhodophil and Ernest, they must have perished. Mean time it was very visible that a heavy dejection overwhelmed the Count, his constitution grew weak, his spirits sunk, his appetite lost.—Every one was alarmed; the physician gave it as his opinion that it was a constitution breaking up, but no immediate danger; at length he confined himself solely to his apartment, and saw only Rhodophil, the physician, and his valet.