busy din of arms, to seek that diversity of thought which may tend to lessen my present vexations. That you may not wonder at the captious manner in which I spoke just now, I entreat you to look over that manuscript I have just finished reading of, whilst I take a walk in the park, and harmonize my mind by a view of the sun, now breaking through the clouds, and shining on the verdant lawn, which refreshed by the passing showers; by its additional enlivening verdure, captivates the eye, and tranquillizes the human breast."
Quitting the library, he strolled through the gardens and park, until the first dinner-bell warned him to return and adjust his dress. At table, he met the Count, who, with an honest energy, and a warmth of heart, which did him honour, expressed his indignation against the villainy of Count Wolfran, and equal astonishment, that in so short a period, in the same country, and in the hazard of continual detection, he should have the effrontery to pay his addresses to Miss D'Alenberg. "'Tis a temerity, indeed a mys-
