‘off hunger—I failed in my very attempt to become a beggar. For ſcarce had I aſſumed that character, when the police in Leignitz took me under its wing, and, under the officious pretext of providing for me, forced me to an occupation that went againſt my heart. With ſome hazard and difficulty I eſcaped from this rigid juriſdiction, which takes upon it to keep the whole world in pupilage; for my rule has at all times been, Never get into a ſcrape with the police. I therefore avoided cities, and roved about the country, as a citizen of the world at large. It happened that the Counteſs paſſed through the very hamlet where I had taken up my abode; ſomewhat about the coach was broken, and muſt be mended before the company could proceed: I joined the idle crowd, whom curioſity collected to gape at the ſtrange gentry, and formed an acquaintance with the ſheepiſh ſervant, who, in the ſimplicity of his heart, en-
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