fix upon pistols. Time and place were agreed upon. The Count seemed to presage a fatal catastrophe; having made his will, and committed it to my care, he bade a tender adieu to all his friends, under the pretext of a little journey. Caroline too was not forgotten. He imagined no one knew any thing of the real nature of his pretended journey; yet I could plainly perceive that his friends looked upon this journey as his last, at all events. Caroline almost fainted, on rising from the sofa, to offer him her beautiful hand for a farewell kiss. My rising jealousy perceived this plainly, and it did also not escape her that the Count observed it too with great emotion.
We left town early in the morning on horseback, and found the Baron and his second already on the appointed spot. Neither of the two antagonists being a great marksman, each of them had brought two braces of pistols with him, which were charged by the seconds, and thenexchanged.
