could not have been productive of such vexatious circumstances as had now happened, he thought. Yet, then, what might have become of the poor Louisa? How would young Reiberg have acquired that promise of returning tranquillity, if the events that had taken place at Heli's had remained unknown? Those questions again reconciled him to a degree of comparative ease, to think less of the blame he had attached to himself, and to trust in Heaven for the protection of his friend, and their deliverance from the malicious accusations of Heli.
The next morning, at the instant when the Count, Baron Reiberg and his son, were preparing to wait on the magistrate, and from thence, if they found it necessary, to address the Emperor; the long-expected letters arrived from Suabia. The Count received one from his steward, very much to his satisfaction; the good Duclos being overjoyed at the restoration of his master from death to life, particularly as he had applied to the Duke of Wirtemberg, and obtained leave to
