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'Lethimself,

'I have much to say There is a circumstance of solemn consequence,

which I have to mention, and a solemn promise to obtain from you; when

this is done I shall be easier You have observed, my dear, how anxious

I am to reach home, but know not allto say--Yet stay--before I sayfather!'--St Aubert was interrupted; Emily,

struck by his last words, as if for the first tier, raised her head; her tears stopped, and, gazing

at hiuish, a slight

convulsion seized her, and she sunk senseless in her chair

St Aubert's cries brought La Voisin and his daughter to the room, and

they administered every means in their power to restore her, but, for a

considerable time, without effect When she recovered, St Aubert was so

exhausted by the scene he had witnessed, that it was th to speak; he was, however, soave hiain alone with her, he

exerted himself to tranquilize her spirits, and to offer her all the

comfort of which her situation admitted She threw herself into his