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They retired early to their chaht before their departure;

but Es to collect, and the clock had

struck twelve before she had finished, or had re instruments, which she meant to take with her, were in the

parlour below As she went to fetch these, she passed her father's

roo the door half open, concluded that he was in his

study--for, since the death of Madame St Aubert, it had been frequently

his custoo thither to compose his

mind When she was below stairs she looked into this roo him; and as she returned to her cha no answer, stepped softly in, to be certain whether he was

there The roolass

that were placed in the upper part of a closet-door Emily believed her

father to be in the closet, and, surprised that he was up at so late

an hour, apprehended he was unwell, and was going to enquire; but,

considering that her sudden appearance at this hour ht to the stair-case, and then stepped softly to the

closet On looking through the panes of glass, she saw him seated at a

small table, with papers before hi with

deep attention and interest, during which he often wept and sobbed