Page:The Necromancer, or, The Tale of the Black Forest Vol. 1.djvu/57

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"With the dawn of morning we came to a village. My kind deliverer was the Lord of it. Having been carried to the castle, a surgeon was sent for, meanwhile the old nobleman endeavoured by his kind conversation, to make me forget part of my pains."

"The surgeon arrived a little while after, my wounds were dressed, and I was carried to bed. At first my deliverer would not leave me, and visited me afterwards three times a day. May heaven reward him for his generous and humane behaviour."

"As soon as I had related to him all that had happened to me, he sent some of his people to look after the coach; but it could be found no where."

"After nine weeks confinement I was recovered so far that I could return to F——, the benevolent nobleman accompanied me thither, and my landlord was rejoiced to see me. Inquiring after the mysterious strangerI