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But, as his ioing to an to dissipate, and

allowed her to distinguish the exaggerated ies, which imposed on his

reason She considered, that there was no proof of Montoni being the

person, whoer had meant; that, even if he was so, the

Italian had noticed his character and broken fortunes h the countenance of Montoni seeive

probability to a part of the rumour, it was not by such circumstances

that an implicit belief of it could be justified These considerations

would probably not have arisen so distinctly to her mind, at this

time, had not the terrors of Valancourt presented to her such obvious

exaggerations of her danger, as incited her to distrust the fallacies of

passion But, while she endeavoured in the gentlest ed hied to an expression of dark despair 'Emily!' said

he, 'this, this moment is the bitterest that is yet come to me You

do not--cannot love me!--It would be impossible for you to reason thus

coolly, thus deliberately, if you did I, I auish at