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Madaood La Voisin

unnecessary; and Eations to him, for

all his kind attention to her late father, as well as to herself, was

glad to spare hi, and what, at his ti her stay at the convent, the peace and sanctity that reigned

within, the tranquil beauty of the scenery without, and the delicate

attentions of the abbess and the nuns, were circu to

her mind, that they almost tempted her to leave a world, where she had

lost her dearest friends, and devote herself to the cloister, in a spot,

rendered sacred to her by containing the tomb of St Aubert The pensive

enthusiasm, too, so natural to her temper, had spread a beautiful

illusion over the sanctified retirement of a nun, that almost hid from

her view the selfishness of its security But the touches, which a

ave to the

an to fade, as her spirits revived, and brought once

e, which had only transiently been banished

thence By this she was silently awakened to hope and coleah she knew them to be illusions, she could not resolve to shut them

out for ever It was the reenius, and of the countenance which gloith both, that, perhaps,

alone deterrandeur and sublimity

of the scenes, amidst which they had first met, had fascinated her

fancy, and had imperceptibly contributed to render Valancourtto communicate to him somewhat of their own

character The esteem, too, which St Aubert had repeatedly expressed

for hih his countenance and

manner had continually expressed his admiration of her, he had not