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Herbert received me with open arms, and I had never felt before so

blessedly what it is to have a friend When he had spoken soement, we sat down to consider the

question, What was to be done?

The chair that Provis had occupied still re where it had

Stood,--for he had a barrack ith hioing through one round of observances with

his pipe and his negro-head and his jackknife and his pack of cards,

and what not, as if it were all put down for hi where it had stood, Herbert unconsciously took it, but

next moment started out of it, pushed it away, and took another He had

no occasion to say after that that he had conceived an aversion for my

patron, neither had I occasion to confessa syllable

"What," said I to Herbert, when he was safe in another chair,--"what is

to be done?"

"My poor dear Handel," he replied, holding his head, "I am too stunned

to think"

"So was I, Herbert, when the blow first fell Still, so must be

done He is intent upon various new expenses,--horses, and carriages,