"You persuade me," said Ferdinand, "and against my inclinations I comply; (then seeing the largeness of the sum, ) good Heavens! can this man have a bad heart? Is there not munificence in this present? O, Rhodophil, if concurrent circumstances have led me into an error, if I injure you by doubt and suspicion, how severe will be my repentance!"—Ernest was silent, indeed he could not view the necessary arrangement for the departure of a man he loved and revered, without feeling the deepest sorrow; yet he thought the plan he had adopted was most suitable to his birth, his age and situation, and therefore only regretted the necessity for its execution, whilst Ferdinand painfully looking forward to the hour of separation from a wife and children that he doted on, sought, in the bustle of preparation, to blunt the severity of his feelings.
The day of parting at length arrived, and as such scenes can afford no gratification to
