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It was long after this, that she recollected the purse; and as she was

depositing it, unopened, in a cabinet, perceiving that it contained

soer than coin, she examined it 'His hand

deposited them here,' said she, as she kissed some pieces of the coin,

and wetted them with her tears, 'his hand--which is now dust!' At the

botto taken out which, and

unfolded paper after paper, she found to be an ivory case, containing

the miniature of a--lady! She started--'The sa the countenance she could recollect no person

that it resembled It was of uncommon beauty, and was characterized

by an expression of sweetness, shaded with sorrow, and teiven no directions concerning this picture, nor had even

naht herself justified in preserving

it More than once re his manner, when he had spoken of the

Marchioness of Villeroi, she felt inclined to believe that this was her

resemblance; yet there appeared no reason why he should have preserved a

picture of that lady, or, having preserved it, why he should la as she had witnessed on the

night preceding his departure