He had chanced to fall into her company, had been subdued by her attractions, had tendered her his hand, and been joyfully accepted both by parent and child.

His wife had given him every proof of the fondest attachment.

Her father, who possessed immense wealth, treated him with distinguished respect, liberally supplied his wants, and had made one condition of his consent to their union, a resolution to take up their abode with him.
"They had passed three years of conjugal felicity, which had been augmented by the birth of this child; when his professional duty called him into Germany.

It was not without an arduous struggle, that she was persuaded to relinquish the design of accompanying him through all the toils and perils of war.

No parting was ever more distressful.