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    ELIZABETH VON .-BECKS. 233

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    Part Ii. Great Misfortune, Which As Rare...

    from her divorced husband , who lay dangerously 111 , and , repairing to himimmediatelyfound him in a state of grievous doubt and

    conduct distress . , ming towards led with herself , a . deep Grasp sense ing of her guilt hand at the , he retrospect exclaime of d , his in for !

    Much agony , as " thi Pardon s affecting 1 pardon interview ! Thou agit art ated an her angel , she ! oh retained , pray sufficient me " words

    _self-coniniand to speak some soothing and consoling , and as ling even l the repeated sight of her her visits seemed during to the affor short d him remainder some comfort of his , she life .

    wil-The y baroness now removed to the estate which had been presented to her by Catherine , and took measures not only to ameliorate the

    as bondage to fit them of the for serfs the , legal but also enfranchisement to introduce _edtieatlon which she among hoped to them obtain , so

    imperial permission to bestow upon Jfchem , as soon as they should have become sufficientlprepared to receive it . She took up her

    residence at the most neg y lected spot in her domain , and began her undertaking by permitting the freest access to her presencefirst

    , hel provide ping for all the their bodil moral y necessities wants , and of regulating her subjects every , then thing proceeding for them to ,

    until the happiest results crowned her labors . In this new sphere of exertion her course was once more stayed by severe illnesswhich

    , obliged her the following year to abandon her dwelling among the _iuits and set out for Carlsbad . On the day of departure the whole

    peasantry , with their wives and children , accompanied her carriage to the borders of the territory , where their spokesman , stepping

    forward , thus addressed her : u Noble lady , you have often gathered us kindly around you ; you brought peace and salvation to

    our huts ; there is not one amongst us who lias not to thank you for some benefit ; and now you are leaving us . Seeyonder in

    , heaven stands the glorious sun ; God sent it to shed joy and plenty over our fields and cottages . It too leaves us , and then all is

    night , but it returns and brings with it again joyful daylight . May it be so with noble lady . Goand may God be with youbut

    return ! When you heaven , shall have , heard our prayers , and restored , health to you , return here , and bring back peace and joy to our

    huts ! " Deeply moved by these touching words , spoken in their rude Lettisch dialectshe took a kind leave of the good peoj ) le and

    hastened on her way , , intrusting to a worthy friend the task of carrying on all that she had begun ; but she longed to resume

    her labors among them , and tlie period fixed for her return was at hand , when one day in the course of a drive the carriage broke

    down , and tho injuries she received had such an effect upon her constitution that the doctors interdicted for ever the climate of her

    native country . Disappointed thus in her darling scheme she returned to Dresden , where , her friend Naumaun dying soon after ,

    slie at Wieland ' s request wrote a biographical sketch of him , considering him both as a man and as an . artist . In 1803 Neander

    died , and , though suffering at the time from an incurable complaint , vox . , t . _^

    Elizabeth Von .-Becks. 233

    ELIZABETH VON .-BECKS . 233

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/17/