THE

PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE,

A Romance;

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

BY

MISS JANE PORTER,

author of THADDEUS OF WARSAW, SIDNEY'S APHORISMS,
AND THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS.

I will confess, the ambitious projects which I once had, are
dead within me. After having seen the parts which fools play
upon the great stage; a few books, and a few friends, are what
I shall seek to finish my days with.
TWEDDELL.

THE THIRD EDITION.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

SOME time elapsed, before Louis saw the Marquis again; but when he re-appeared, it was to appoint an interview between. the son of Ripperda, and a lady of the court; and this ostensible confidant was no other than Her Majesty's self.

Santa Cruz's representation of Louis's romantic honour, with regard to Countess Altheim, had excited Isabella's not less romantic taste for adventure; and she resolved to try her personal effect, upon a heart like his, unaided by her rank. While she was considering this project, a person arrived from Vienna; who spoke every where, of the confusion which had taken