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La Voisin felt that he had pursued the subject too far, and he dropped

it, saying, 'We are in darkness, I forgot to bring a light'

'No,' said St Aubert, 'this is a light I love Sit down, ood

friend Emily, my love, I find myself better than I have been all day;

this air refreshes me I can enjoy this tranquil hour, and that music,

which floats so sweetly at a distance Let uitar so tastefully? are there two instruments, or is it an echo I

hear?'

'It is an echo, ht,

when all is still, but nobody knoho touches it, and it is sometimes

accompanied by a voice so sweet, and so sad, one would almost think the

woods were haunted' 'They certainly are haunted,' said St Aubert with

a smile, 'but I believe it is by ht, when I could not sleep,' rejoined La Voisin, not see to

notice this remark, 'almost under my , and I never heard any music

like it It has often made ot up to theto look if I could see anybody, but as