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Doc. 274.] 643
THE LOST RECEIPT.
General von E., by applying to Swedenborg the epithet
"notorious," seems to have regarded him in the light an
astrologer, or something similar ; and throughout the whole of
his narrative appears to have been trying to remove from his
wife the suspicion of her having visited him in a professional
capacity.
Dr. Im. Tafel makes the following remarks on his testi
mony (
Part III, pp. 27, 28) , "1. It is not very probable that
Madame de Marteville in visiting Swedenborg was actuated
entirely by curiosity; this may have been the ostensible
reason she assigned to the other ladies ; but it looks very
much as if her visit had been a preparatory step. She could
not very well in the presence of the other ladies ask Sweden
borg about the lost receipt, and it seemed to her improbable
that, in the presence of such witnesses, he would tell her any
thing which might have the appearance of soothsaying. But
after having made Swedenborg’s acquaintance in this manner,
she might hope that he would not deny her his help, if after
wards she should visit him alone. 2. Her second husband does
not mention this second visit for reasons that may easily be
imagined; yet his account does not exclude such a second
visit; it could easily have taken place during the eight days
which intervened between her first visit and the appearance
of M. de Marteville."
We now approach some versions of this story where the
original circumstances of the case have been completely changed
by "Dame Rumour." Of this description is the account fur
nished by the Academician Thiébault, and which he said he
received from Chamberlain von Ammon, the brother ofMadame
de Marteville.249
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