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COUNT RUMFORD. 



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two more distinct beings than this woman (for I cannot 

 call her a lady) before and after marriage. But un- 

 doubtedly she was pushed on by those looking forward to 

 her fortune, fearing some of it would light on me. She is 

 the most avaricious woman I ever saw, and the most 

 cunning things which I could not possibly know before 

 marriage. 



I suffered more for the last fourteen months indeed, the 

 whole three years and a half that I lived with her than I 

 had an idea I could have gone through. Luckily I have 

 money enough of my own, but war and these terrible times 

 prevent me from receiving money from Bavaria, or my 

 half-pay from England. Yet I am obliged to keep up a 

 certain consequence, besides being disgusted with every- 

 thing. I am afraid you will have to quit the world if you 

 stay with me. 



Auteuil, January 10, 1810. 



Here month after month arrives, but you do not come. 

 I am very impatient to see you, but I am more anxious 

 lest something should happen to you on the way, for dis- 

 cord reigns everywhere. 



Later lie said : 



I am absolutely obliged to set out for Munich, so if you 

 come in the time you must make yourself comfortable. 

 If I find you here on my return, it will give me much 

 pleasure. 



The King has been in Paris, and invited me so kindly I 

 thought it my duty to .go ; but he assures me I shall not be 

 detained there on any business of importance. 



On his arrival in Munich he wrote : 



My reception here has been most kind and nattering. 

 The whole town is in expectation of seeing me again fixed 

 here and employed in the public affairs of the country. 



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