the whole
of the effects I had intrusted with him, proved insolvent; and, for my
part, I judged it unnecessary to augment the losses I had already
sustained by having to support him in prison.

I conceive, Sir, that I have now complied to the full with your request.
The narrative I have given, by recalling the mournful scenes I have
depicted, has cost me infinite anguish. The lawsuit with Tristan, and
the illness of my wife on reaching Cayenne, a consequence but too
natural of the sufferings she had undergone, did not admit of my
venturing to expose her earlier than the present year (1773), to so long
a voyage by sea. At present she is, with her father, in the midst of my
family, by whom they have been tenderly received. M. de Grandmaison had
originally no intention of proceeding to France, but merely meant, by
his voyage, to see his daughter safe on board the Portuguese vessel; but
finding old age creep on apace, and penetrated with the most lively
grief at the intelligence of the sad death of his children, he abandoned
all, and embarked with her, trusting the care of his property to his
other son-in-law, M. Savula, who resides at Riobamba. For my wife,
however solicitous all about her to enliven her spirits, she is
constantly subject to melancholy, her horrible misfortunes being ever
present to her imagination. How much did it cost me to obtain from her
the relations requisite for the judges in the course of my lawsuit! I
can even readily conceive that, from delicacy, she has abstained from
entering into many details, the remembrance of which she was anxious to
lose, and which, known, could but add to the pain I feel. Nay she was
even anxious that I should not prosecute Tristan, compassionating even
that wretch; thus following the gentle impulse of a heart inspired with
the purest benevolence, and the genuine principles of religion!

THE END.

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