JB/540/013/001

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Petersburgh Jany 20 1784 O.S.
No time was as yet fixed for the departure of the English Courier, who
has been here some months, and by whom I have given you
to expect news from me; but as another is just arrived with
the News of the Change of the Ministry, Mr Fitzherbert
dispatches one of them as soon as possible; a small part
only of what I had written in readiness for this opportunity
will be to be sent now as my Circumstances of late
are entirely Changed.

First, I have to tell you that my Love-Affair is entirely
put an end to. General Landskoy, immediately on the death
of the Uncle, without any application on my part to him
has interested himself so much in the Affair as to let
the Aunt and Mother know that the Empress thought
they did wrong to oppose the young Countess's Inclinations
and promised that her Majesty would promote me and
do any thing to give them satisfaction. This only irritated
the Aunt the more. When the Uncle and Father came
She was watched more closely than ever; yet She found
means to write to me frequently, and and every body seem'd
to be in our Interests. She was ill, kept her Room, &
her Bed, and alarmed her Friends, but could not soften
them. She offered to make her escape with me, or
take any Steps which I could point out, could She
but escape the vigilance of her keepers. She offered
Money and Diamonds to one of her Chambermaids
but could not gain her assistance. When things were
in this situation the Parents summoned all their force
against her, and at length, after having her Mother
at her feet "foaming at the mouth through despair,
She, after half an hour's reflection, sate down and
wrote me a Renounce, telling me that all had been tryed

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