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'Ah!' said she, with a heavy sigh, as she threw herself

into a chair by the , 'how often have we sat together in this

spot--often have looked upon that landscape! Never, never ether--never--never more, perhaps, shall we look upon each

other!' Her tears were suddenly stopped by terror--a voice spoke near her in

the pavilion; she shrieked--it spoke again, and she distinguished the

well-known tones of Valancourt It was indeed Valancourt who supported

her in his arms! For some moments their emotion would not suffer either

to speak 'Eth, as he pressed her hand in

his 'Eain silent, but the accent, in which he had

pronounced her name, expressed all his tenderness and sorrow

'Opause, 'I do then see you once

again, and hear again the sound of that voice! I have haunted this

place--these gardens, foryou This was the only chance that reth succeeded--I a, she scarcely knehat, expressive of her

unalterable affection, and endeavoured to calitation of

his mind; but Valancourt could for some time only utter incoherent

expressions of his emotions; and, when he was somewhat more composed, he

said, 'I ca in the

gardens, and in this pavilion ever since; for, though I had now given up

all hope of seeing you, I could not resolve to tear myself froered about the chateau till