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steward, have the care of it, but they live generally in a cottage hard

by' 'The chateau is spacious, I suppose,' said Emily, 'and must be desolate

for the residence of only two persons'

'Desolate enough, ht in the chateau, for the value of the whole doain frohtfulness As

his host repeated his last sentence, a groan escaped from St Aubert,

and then, as if anxious to prevent it fro he had lived in this neighbourhood 'Almost

from my childhood, sir,' replied his host

'You remember the late marchioness, then?' said St Aubert in an altered

voice 'Ah, monsieur!--that I do well There are many besides me who remember

her' 'Yes--' said St Aubert, 'and I am one of those' 'Alas, sir! you remember, then, a most beautiful and excellent lady She

deserved a better fate' Tears stood in St Aubert's eyes; 'Enough,' said he, in a voice alh, h extremely surprised by her father's s by any question La Voisin began to apologize, but

St Aubert interrupted hie the topic You was speaking of the music we just now

heard' 'I was, ain; listen to that voice!' They

were all silent;