Transcriber's Notes:
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VOL. II.
"I travelled for many months alone. I made acquaintances which neverripened into friendships, and seldom did twenty-four hours passwithout my thoughts wandering to Silvain. Thinking it not unlikelythat one or both of the brothers had returned to their home inGermany, I wrote several letters to them there, without receiving ananswer. This portentous silence increased rather than diminished myinterest in the man I loved as a brother. In speaking of him in theseterms I am but giving faithful expression to the feelings Ientertained for him; up to that time I had never met a human being,man or woman, who had so entirely won my affectionate regard.
"Family circumstances rendered me more than ever my own master; I wasfree to go whithersoever my inclination led me, and certainly myinclination pointed clearly to that part of the world where I shouldbe most l