"Happily, as I thought, she died soon after; but her letter spoke daggers to my soul, and made me fearful of my own shadow.
"Whilst I was struggling with this imbecility of mind, came an account of your being still in existence which rendered me desperate, and resolve on your death as the only chance of escaping shame and punishment, Claudina having informed me that she had left a packet for you, confessing all her crimes.
"I wrote to the man who had before but too well served me, and held out such advantages, promised such a sum as I knew he would not resist, and when he had completed your destruction, he was to meet me at Ulm, and receive his reward.
"I made an excuse of business to go there, and wait the event. He came, assured me that you was murdered, and thrown into the river; and added, that being associated with a set of men, who were both gamblers and robbers, it was their intention on his return
