him more eagerly than ever, and shook hands with me. Having withdrawn, I remained a little while longer; and intimating to her, that the count was not to be trusted, and that we ought to be cautious we spoke on indifferent matters, but I could not prevent her from rising and embracing me. I then disentangled myself, and beckoned her to follow.
The count, according to agreement, had already taken post in the garden, and it might be one o'clock in the morning. It was as clear and serene a night as can possibly be expected in the month of October. I told the countess to enter the garden through the principal gate, while I should find my way into it through a little private door, to which I got access by taking a circuitous tour through the different yards and out-buildings of the castle. She obeyed. I had hardly reached the place of rendezvous, before a soft hand suddenly seized mine; it was that of Caroline, who notwithstanding all the haste I made, had got the start, and sallying forth from a thicket, surprised, and loaded me
