Ferdinand detained the messenger, that he might accompany him, and agreeably surprise his friends.—When he was announced, they could hardly credit the information;—all started up, and, in a moment, he received the embraces of his three friends: The ladies were present; Miss d'Allenberg behaved like a heroine; she said little, but that little was extremely proper.
At length he was quietly seated; they asked him a hundred questions in a breath.
"Spare me at present," said he; "I wish not to remember unpleasant scenes now, when I am so perfectly happy."
He certainly thought himself so at that moment; but soon after, when in conversation, he beheld Miss d'Allenberg speaking with some attention to the Count—Ah! thought he, how unfortunate, that such a charming young woman should encourage a hopeless passion.—Then the numberless little incidents in which he had admired her, came to his recollection; he watched her atten-
