d'Aulney, "as I was afterwards told by Antoine, the guard, who now waits at the door"-- "Antoine! _he_ cannot be trusted," interrupted La Tour; "he has once deserted my cause, and joined the standard of an enemy, and I cannot again rely on his integrity." "He was seduced from his duty," returned Mad.

d'Aulney; "but, I believe, has sincerely repented of his error, and is now anxious to atone for it.
You shall judge for yourself.

A few weeks since, he was so dangerously ill, that very faint hopes were entertained of his recovery; and, hearing that he was a stranger, and in many respects destitute, I was induced to visit him, and administer such comforts as his state required.

What he termed my kindness, excited his warmest gratitude, and he unburthened his conscience to me, of the crime which seemed to lie heavily on it.

He considered his disorder a visitation of Providence, inflicted as a punishment for his desertion; and he wished most earnestly to return to your service.