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Mada to Madame St Aubert her

astonishment, that she could bear to pass her life in this re, fro envy, the splendour of the balls, banquets, and processions

which had just been given by the court, in honour of the nuptials of the

Duke de Joyeuse with Margaretta of Lorrain, the sister of the Queen She

described with equal nificence she had seen, and that

from which she had been excluded; while Emily's vivid fancy, as she

listened with the ardent curiosity of youth, heightened the scenes she

heard of; and Mada on her fah splendour race happiness, virtue only

can bestow it 'It is noelve years, St Aubert,' said M Quesnel, 'since I

purchased your family estate'--'Soh 'It is near five years since I have been

there,' resuhbourhood is the only

place in the world to live in, and I am so immersed in politics, and

have so many affairs of moment on my hands, that I find it difficult

to steal away even for asilent, M

Quesnel proceeded: 'I have sometimes wondered how you, who have lived

in the capital, and have been accustomed to company, can exist

elsewhere;--especially in so remote a country as this, where you can