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Ee of the paper as follows:

'It is now useless, sir, for nor Montoni informs me that he has written I could

have wished, at least, that the affair had been concluded with

less precipitation, that I ht nor calls theer incertainly can be objected;

but, though I submit, I have yet much to say on some other points of the

subject, when I shall have the honour of seeing you In the meantime I

entreat you will take care of Theresa, for the sake of, Sir,

Your affectionate niece,

EMILY ST AUBERT'

Montoni smiled satirically at what Emily had written, but did not object

to it, and she withdrew to her own apartin a letter to Valancourt, in which she related the particulars

of her journey, and her arrival at Venice, described soe over the Alps; her emotions on her first

view of Italy; the manners and characters of the people around her, and

some few circu

Count Morano, much more the declaration he had ly alive to fear is real love, how jealously watchful of

every circumstance that ive Valancourt even the slightest reason for believing he

had a rival On the following day Count Morano dined again at Montoni's He was in

an uncoht there was so her, which she had never observed

before She endeavoured to repress this by more than her usual reserve,