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I care not, Fortune! what you race;

You cannot shut the s of the sky,

Through which Aurora shews her brightening face;

You cannot barstream, at eve:

Let health reat children leave:

Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can , Valancourt breakfasted with St Aubert and Emily,

neither of whouor of illness

still hung over St Aubert, and to E fast upon him She watched his looks with anxious

affection, and their expression was always faithfully reflected in her

own

At the commencement of their acquaintance, Valancourt had er to either, for the

family estates, which were now in the possession of an elder brother of

Valancourt, were little more than twenty miles distant from La

Vallee, and he had sohbourhood This knowledge had ly receive his

present coh his countenance and manners would have

won him the acquaintance of St Aubert, as very apt to trust to the