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and that I am permitted to die with a mind unination' St Aubert paused, fatigued with

speaking Eain endeavoured to assu to what he had said, tried to sooth him with a belief, that he

had not spoken in vain

When he had reposed a while, he resumed the conversation 'Let me

return,' said he, 'to a subject, which is very near my heart I said I

had a solemn promise to receive from you; let me receive it now, before

I explain the chief circumstance which it concerns; there are others,

of which your peace requires that you should rest in ignorance Promise,

then, that you will perform exactly what I shall enjoin'

Emily, awed by the earnest soleain to flow, in spite of her efforts to suppress the eloquently at St Aubert, bound herself to do whatever he

should require by a vow, at which she shuddered, yet knew not why

He proceeded: 'I know you too well, my Emily, to believe, that you would

break any proives me peace, and the observance of it is of the utmost i to tell you The closet,

which adjoinsboard in the floor

You will know it by a re the