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heart

Before she saw Valancourt she had never h Madame Cheron told her ance and propriety of thought,

which she so much ad her, she could scarcely doubt their truth This possibility,

however, faint as it as sufficient to harass her mind with

anxiety, and she found, that few conditions are more painful than that

of uncertainty, as to the merit of a beloved object; an uncertainty,

which she would not have suffered, had her confidence in her own

opinions been greater

She akened fro

a road, that wound under the s of the pavilion, and a gentleman

passed on horseback, whose reseht did not permit a view of his features, immediately

struck her She retired hastily fro to observe further, while the stranger passed on without

looking up, and, when she returned to the lattice, she saw hih trees, that led to

Tholouse This little incident so much disturbed her spirits, that the

te to her, and, after

walking awhile on the terrace, she returned to the chateau