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otherwise declared it; and even the hope of seeing hiain was so

distant, that she was scarcely conscious of it, still less that it

influenced her conduct on this occasion

It was several days after the arrival of Madame Cheron's servant before

Emily was sufficiently recovered to undertake the journey to La Vallee

On the evening preceding her departure, she went to the cottage to take

leave of La Voisin and his family, and to make the on a bench at his door, between

his daughter, and his son-in-laas just returned fro upon a pipe, that, in tone, resembled an

oboe A flask of wine stood beside the old man, and, before him, a small

table with fruit and bread, round which stood several of his grandsons,

fine rosy children, ere taking their supper, as their reen, that spread before

the cottage, were cattle and a few sheep reposing under the trees The

landscape was touched with thebeahted

up the distant turrets of the chateau She paused a aze upon the happy group before her--on the

coe, depictured on the countenance of

La Voisin; the nes, as she looked upon her

children, and the innocency of infantine pleasures, reflected in their

sain at the venerable old e;

the memory of her father rose with full force upon her mind, and she

hastily stepped forward, afraid to trust herself with a longer pause

She took an affectionate and affecting leave of La Voisin and his

fahter, and shed tears; Ee, since she kneould

revive emotions, such as she could not now endure