 account of Figgins's scheme, which I have thus piece-meal explained to the reader. The circumstance of the keys, which was a fact, together with the knack which Combrie had of imitating Goufre's hand writing,—which indeed is not difficult, for almost all Frenchmen write alike—gave a hint of it, and the idea of an application to the superior of the Chartreux, and all those concurrent circumstances which we have seen so well managed, could not fail to crown it with success.
This history then has so far acted in its customary province as to make one couple happy already. How long they are to continue so, it is not impossible

but we may hereafter have occasion to notice.
It will easily be seen that this affair ended greatly to the honour of our travellers, who, in consequence, attracted the notice of all the English who then resided at Nancy. Among the rest they were visited by a gentleman, whose company, as a plain straight-forward, well-meaning man, was very agreeable to them. He served admirably well to make one at a party of whist, and for a cursory acquaintance really was not without his merit.
A very short time however let them into the character of this new acquaintance, whose name was Ireland; for one night, being at whist, with Mr. Figgins for his partner, Charles was so tantalized into betting, and confused off his guard, that he got up from the table an hundred and fifty pounds loser, in spight of all the hints and expostulations of Figgins, who only played for crowns.
The next day he heard, from undoubted authority, that Mr. Ireland was an errant sharper, and had escaped from England after killing a gentleman in a duel, who had dared to tax him publicly with a palpable fraud.

This loss however had one good effect upon our hero, for he made a most solemn vow never again to lose five pounds at one sitting, which resolution he inviolably kept to the day of his death.
I have said very little of Charles's continual disappointments, at not receiving letters from his father, or indeed any body else, since his departure from England. The truth is that it gave him inexpressible concern, and occasioned from him many and various remonstrances, which were apparently very little heeded.
Figgins testified as much uneasiness as our hero, but upon this, as well as every other subject, he comforted him by a variety of arguments. He said it very often occurred that people on a tour missed of their letters, though at length they came
