A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE. 299
A silence, an expressive silence, took place,, It was broken by
an exclamation of, "my friend! my dearest friend! my deliverer!- See the work of your generosity! My poor, poor wife,
hardly able to support herself." And, indeed, she was not
standing, but hanging on my arm, imbrued with tears, while
her two lovely girls had hold of the other. The scene was
extremely affecting, and I was very much agitated. The
room was full, and I am sure there was not a dry eye in it.
I placed the marchioness on a sofa: she sobbed and wept
much, and could utter but few words. Again the marquis
came to my arms, his heart overflowing with gratitude. I
never saw a man in such complete ecstacy of body and
mind.-He is a very handsome man, in the prime of life,
and seemed to have suffered but little from his confinement.
It required a good quarter of an hour to compose him.
" In the midst of this scene, the minister joined us: I introduced the marquis and his family to him, and then requested that the ceremony about to be performed, might be
in a private room, and desired that the rest of the company
might remain where they were.
"lThe minister. and his secretary, with the officer of the
escort, Mr. Morris, and the prisoner, retired with me to an
inner apartment, where M. de Boul, after a very handsome
address to the prisoner, stated the particular satisfaction he
had in delivering him over to Da friend who loved and respected him so much: he then addressed me, and after some
flattering compliments, reminded me of my engagement to
the emperor, to have the marquis removed out of Germany
in ten days, which I again promised to fulfil, when he told
Lafayette that he was now completely restored to liberty.' "
After causing their rights, both as French and American ci
tizens, to be formally recognised at Hamburg, Lafayette and
his family went to Welmoldt, a little town in the territories of
Holstein, where, during two years, they lived in retirement
knd tranquillity. About this period the joys of the happy
* Port Folio, xix. 511, 512.