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remonstrances, which he must have foreseen and have been prepared to

resist Yet, re his pro his love, than jealous of his consequence, Valancourt was

careful to do nothing that ht unnecessarily irritate Montoni, he

wrote to him, therefore, not to de done this, he endeavoured to ith calmness his reply

Madaave her approbation

to Valancourt's e, it was in the belief, that Emily would be the

heiress of Madah, upon the nuptials

of the latter, when she perceived the fallacy of this expectation, her

conscience had withheld her fro any measure to prevent the

union, her benevolence was not sufficiently active to iht now promote it She was, on the contrary, secretly

pleased, that Valancourt was released froement, which she

considered to be as inferior, in point of fortune, to his ht by Montoni to be huh her pride ounded by this rejection of a member

of her family, she disdained to shew resentment otherwise, than by

silence Montoni, in his reply to Valancourt, said, that as an interview could

neither remove the objections of the one, or overcome the wishes of the

other, it would serve only to produce useless altercation between theht proper to refuse it