ABSTRACT
Mons. and Madame du F——were relieved from this extremity of distress at a moment so 80critical, and by means so unexpected, that it seems the hand of Heaven visibly interposed in behalf of oppressed virtue. Early in the morning of that fatal day when they were to leave their last sad shelter, Mons. du F—went out, and, in the utmost distraction of mind, wandered through some of the streets in the neighbourhood. He was stopped by a gentleman whom he had known at Geneva, and who told him that he was then in search of his lodging, having a letter to deliver to him from a Genevois clergyman. Mons. du F—opened the letter, in which he was informed by his friend, that, fearing he might be involved in difficulties, he had transmitted ten guineas to a banker in London, and intreated Mons. du F—would accept that small relief, which was all he could afford, as a testimony of friendship. Mons. du F—flew to the banker’s, received the money as the gift of Heaven, and then hastening to his wife and child, bade them live a little longer.
