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The ie of a wicked, heinous fault

Lives in his eye; that close aspect of his

Does shew the ay scenes of Paris, we return to those of the gloohts were still faithful to Valancourt

Looking to him as to her only hope, she recollected, with jealous

exactness, every assurance and every proof she had witnessed of his

affection; read again and again the letters she had received frohed, with intense anxiety, the force of every word, that spoke of

his attachment; and dried her tears, as she trusted in his truth

Montoni, e

circu infored to account for it by the reasonable supposition, that

it was a mischievous trick played off by one of his doreements with Madame Montoni, on the subject of her settlements,

were now more frequent than ever; he even confined her entirely to her

own apartreater

severity, should she persevere in a refusal

Reason, had she consulted it, would now have perplexed her in the choice

of a conduct to be adopted It would have pointed out the danger of

irritating by further opposition a man, such as Montoni had proved

himself to be, and to whose power she had so entirely committed herself;

and it would also have told her, of what extreme importance to her

future comfort it was, to reserve for herself those possessions, which

would enable her to live independently of Montoni, should she ever

escape from his iuide than reason--the spirit of revenge, which urged her to

oppose violence to violence, and obstinacy to obstinacy