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necessary measures and, by the assistance of his reputation and his friends, soon saw the possibility of being employed in an advantageous situation, in the mean time Blanche became pregnant. This induced him to urge his solicitations with more carefulness, in the hope of being able to set sail, and to arrive in India before his wife could be delivered. Bet unexpected delays occurring, he perceived at last, that it would be impossible to avoid the fatal discovery, that must render his secret public. Indeed, it began now to be no longer a mystery in the town. He therefore took the resolution to communicate it himself to his father, which he did in the following letter:—
"Sir,
"Can you recollect the name & existence of an unfortunate man,who has been so long forgotten? I ought to suppose, that you have for ever renounced that right over my destiny which nature gave you. I know what were my early errors. If my youth could not then render them excusable in your eyes, I have sometimes flattered myself since, that an exile of six years,
