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So a part of St

Aubert's last request, and of endeavouring to pursue the conduct which

he would have approved, she overcame her tears, and, when the company

met at dinner, had recovered her usual serenity of countenance

In the cool of the evening, the ladies took the FRESCO along the bank of

the Brenta in Madae The state of Eroups asse strea under the trees,

and others reclining on the grass, taking ices and coffee and cal, on a luxuriant landscape

E in the

distance, thought of Montoni's castle, and suffered some terror, lest he

should convey her thither, for the purpose of enforcing her obedience;

but the thought vanished, when she considered, that she was as much in

his power at Venice as she could be elsewhere

It was ht before the party returned to the villa, where supper

was spread in the airy hall, which had so ht The ladies seated themselves in the portico,

till Mons Quesnel, Montoni, and other gentlemen should join then herself to the tranquillity of

the hour Presently, a barge stopped at the steps that led into the