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'My brother had a favorite dog, which, before he set off, he presented

to Louisa, and coed she would be kind to

it, and so emotion,

but as he turned from her, I perceived the tear that wetted his cheek

He departed, and with him the spirit of our happiness seemed to

evaporate The scenes which his presence had formerly enlivened, were

now forlorn and melancholy, yet we loved to wander in ere once

his favorite haunts Louisa forbore to mention my brother even to me,

but frequently, when she thought herself unobserved, she would steal

to her harpsichord, and repeat the strain which she had played on the

evening before his departure

'We had the pleasure to hear froh his own modesty threw a veil over his conduct, we could collect

froreat bravery At length

the time of his return approached, and the enlivened spirits of Louisa

declared the influence he retained in her heart He returned, bearing

public testimony of his valour in the honors which had been conferred

upon him He was received with universal joy; the count welcomed him

with the pride and fondness of a father, and the villa becaain

the seat of happiness His person and ant beauty of the youth was now exchanged for the graceful dignity