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The silence, hich she listened to a proposal, dictated by love and

despair, and enforced at a moment, when it seemed scarcely possible

for her to oppose it;--when her heart was softened by the sorrows of

a separation, that ht be eternal, and her reason obscured by the

illusions of love and terror, encouraged him to hope, that it would not

be rejected 'Speak, erly, 'let me hear

your voice, let me hear you confirm my fate' she spoke not; her cheek

was cold, and her senses seemed to fail her, but she did not faint To

Valancourt's terrified i; he called

upon her nao to the chateau for assistance, and then,

recollecting her situation, feared to go, or to leave her for a an to revive The

conflict she had suffered, between love and the duty she at present owed

to her father's sister; her repugnance to a clandestineon the world with eht ultimately involve the object of her affection in misery and

repentance;--all this various interest was too powerful for a mind,

already enervated by sorrow, and her reason had suffered a transient

suspension But duty, and good sense, however hard the conflict, at

length, triumphed over affection and mournful presentiment; above all,