case of my obedience; it was my duty not to continue obstinate.
Here she left me, and I have never seen her since. She died in
1751, and I have ever held her memory in veneration. It was a
happiness for this affectionate mother that she did not hive to be a
witness of my afflictions in the year 1754.

An adventure, resembling that of Joseph in Egypt, happened to me in
Elbing. The wife of the worthy Brodowsky, a woman of infinite
personal attraction, grew partial to me; but I durst not act
ungratefully by my benefactor. Never to see me more was too painful
to her, and she even proposed to follow me, secretly, to Vienna. I
felt the danger of my situation, and doubted whether Potiphar's wife
offered temptations so strong as Madame Brodowsky. I owned I had an
affection for this lady, but my passions were overawed. She
preferred me to her husband, who was in years, and very ordinary in
person. Had I yielded to the slightest degree of guilt, that of the
present enjoyment, a few days of pleasure must have been followed by
years of bitter repentance.

Having once more assumed my proper name and character, and made
presents of acknowledgment to the worthy tutor of my youth, I became
eager to return to Thorn.

How great was my joy at again meeting my honest Schell! The kind
old woman had treated him like a mother. She was surprised, and
half terrified, at seeing me enter in an officer's uniform, and
accompanied by two servants. I gratefully and rapturously kissed
her hand, repaid, with thankfulness, every expense (for Schell had
been nurtured with truly maternal kindness), told her who I was,
acknowledged the deceit I had put upon her concerning her son, but