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where he accordingly arrived. It appears that the Dutchess had
engaged besides the defraying the expenses some pecuniary gratification
to the Colonel for his attendance as it likewise appears that such attendance
was not free from such disagreements as might be expected from her
grace's disposition for one day while at Petersburgh the Colonel came
into the room to the Dutchess with a large manuscript book in his hand
which having excited her questions he told her was the history of her
life which depended on her whether he should publish or not telling
her at the same time that he expected to be immediately paid for
his 1t his expences 2 the promised gratification 3d a sufficiency
to indemnify him for all the vexations ill usage and trouble he had
suffered from her during the journey. The Dutchess upon this
to exclaim in a fury that he stopt by representing the absurdity
contributing further to the history assuring her that he should
pen down all she was giving herself the trouble of to saying upon
occasion and he flattered himself that the painting of her present fears
would not a little add to the merit of his book. Frightened by
such threats the poor Dutchess was obliged to comply, Vanity at length
getting the better of avarice.

The Colonel never was in the Empress's service
neither do I learn that he attempted it, but he engaged himself as Preceptor
or travelling companion to a young man in whose education the Empress interested
herself and he left Petersbourg with this Mr Landskoy about 8 or 9 years ago.
They were at Paris together but the Pupil connecting himself with a girl there
in a manner which displeased his friends here — and the Preceptor taking no pains
to break the connection — he was turned off, and my friend Ribanpierre saw him
soon after in Paris in the year 1783 inhabiting a part of the town which secures a man in debt from
being molested by his creditors. From that time no further news of him.

Identifier: | JB/541/172/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1790-09-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
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