LXXXIX. A Plan of Revenge-Every Thing depends on Luck.......466

XC. Misfortune on Misfortune..................................................................................................................................................469

XCI. A Prudent Resolution....................

XCII. Romantic Notions..................

XCIII. A Discovery......................................................

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CVIII. Sentiments of a Man of True Honour..............................................

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MORDAUNT.

SKETCHES

OF

LIFE, CHARACTERS, AND MANNERS,

IN

VARIOUS COUNTRIES;

INCLUDING THE

MEMOIRS

OF

A FRENCH LADY OF QUALITY.

Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris.

MORDAUNT.

LETTER I.

The Honourable JOHN MORDAUNT to Colonel SOMMERS.

MY DEAR SOMMERS,

Vevay.

I FOUND your letter, as I expected, at the post-house
at Bern, from whence I proceeded directly to Lausanne.
You will not be surprised at my having made a short pil-
grimage to this little town. You remember the person
with whom I formerly deviated from the common track to
this place. Poor
! I could not refuse this tribute

to thy memory.

. I wandered yesterday among the mountains of this neighbourhood, more interesting to me from the recollections they excited, than even from the sublime beauties they exhibited. It was late before I returned. As I passed the stable I heard Ben singing

• Hearts of oak are our ships,

Hearts of oak are our men,' &c.

I went to bed thinking of Old England, and passed the night so agreeably with certain friends in London, that I was exceedingly vexed, when I awaked this morning, to find myself in Vevay.

If the pleasing company in which I spent the night had not increased my impatience for setting out, I should have been tempted to a longer stay here, on purpose to witness the happiness of a young couple who are to be married within a few days.