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I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul
SHAKESPEARE
Madae church; her
husband and daughter attended her to the grave, followed by a long train
of the peasantry, ere sincere mourners of this excellent woman
On his return from the funeral, St Aubert shut himself in his chamber
When he cah pale in
sorrow He gave orders that his family should attend him Emily only was
absent; who, overcome with the scene she had just witnessed, had retired
to her closet to weep alone St Aubert followed her thither: he took
her hand in silence, while she continued to weep; and it was some
moments before he could so far command his voice as to speak It
tre to prayers with my family;
you will join us We ht we to
seek it--where else can we find it?'
Emily checked her tears, and followed her father to the parlour, where,