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The dance ceased on the approach of the carriage, which was a phenomenon

in these sequestered woods, and the peasantry flocked round it with

eager curiosity On learning that it brought a sick stranger, several

girls ran across the turf, and returned ine and baskets of grapes,

which they presented to the travellers, each with kind contention

pressing for a preference At length, the carriage stopped at a neat

cottage, and his venerable conductor, having assisted St Aubert to

alight, led him and Emily to a small inner room, illuminated only by

moon-bea in

rest, seated himself in an arm-chair, and his senses were refreshed by

the cool and bal honeysuckles,

and wafted their sweet breath into the apartment His host, as

called La Voisin, quitted the room, but soon returned with fruits,

crea set dohich, with a sned welcouest

St Aubert insisted on his taking a seat at the table, and,

when the fruit had allayed the fever of his palate, and he found hian to converse with his host, who co hi, because they were spoken from the heart, and delineated

a picture of the sweet courtesies of fa his hand, and, while she listened to the old man, her

heart swelled with the affectionate sympathy he described, and her

tears fell to the mournful consideration, that death would probably

soon deprive her of the dearest blessing she then possessed The soft

, and the distant music, which now

sounded a plaintive strain, aided the melancholy of her mind The old