Page 243 (1/2)

Barnardine, the porter, denied the accusation with a countenance so

steady and undaunted, that Montoni could scarcely believe hih he knew not how to think hith, the h the real offender, escaped

detection Montoni then went to his wife's apart the the

room, when her aunt called her back, and desired her to stay--'You

shall be a witness,' said she, 'of my opposition Now, sir, repeat the

command, I have so often refused to obey'

Montoni turned, with a stern countenance, to Emily, and bade her quit

the apart, that she would

stay Eer to escape from this scene of contention, and

anxious, also, to serve her aunt; but she despaired of conciliating

Montoni, in whose eyes the rising tempest of his soul flashed terribly

'Leave the room,' said he, in a voice of thunder E down to the raers had now left, continued

to e of her father's sister, and on her

own desolate situation, occasioned by the ridiculous imprudence of her,