trusty person to see what state it was in.—This step was perfectly agreeable to her; she and Agnes were to retain their masculine dress, and remain as visitors with me until the affair was settled, which, as I was impatient to be united to Eugenia, you may suppose I lost no time in forwarding it. I was very soon informed, that part of the Castle was habitable, and that some of the furniture, though old and faded, was tolerable.—On this intelligence I told my steward I had bestowed it on an unfortunate couple of my acquaintance, who were so far reduced in circumstances as to think it a comfortable asylum, and that they were to take immediate possession. This account precluded him from any farther care or inquiry about the place.
I restrained my impatience more than a fortnight after this, for as I was not sure but the Baron might have spies upon me, I was resolved to be very circumspect. I gave out that I intended returning to England: I collected together a good deal of money, and
