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Annette's grief was now soed, and E her lady, of whoence, sonorant of

her fate, and others having probably received orders to conceal it

This day passed with Erief and anxiety for her aunt;

but she was unmolested by any notice from Montoni; and, now that Annette

was liberated, she obtained food, without exposing herself to danger, or

i days passed in the sa which she obtained no infor of the second, having dismissed Annette, and retired to

bed, her es, such as her long

anxiety, concerning her aunt, suggested; and, unable to forget herself,

for a moment, or to vanquish the phantoms, that tormented her, she

rose from her bed, and went to one of the casements of her chamber, to

breathe a freer air

All without was silent and dark, unless that could be called light,

which was only the faint gli imperfectly

the outline of the mountains, the western towers of the castle and the

ra What an ie of

repose did this scene present! The fierce and terrible passions, too,

which so often agitated the inhabitants of this edifice, sees, that rouse the elements of

man's nature into tempest--were calh deep, partook of the gentle character of her ; not the wild energy of

passion, infla down the barriers of reason and

living in a world of its own

The air refreshed her, and she continued at the case on the

shadowy scene, over which the planets burned with a clear light, amid

the deep blue aether, as they silently moved in their destined course