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Her surprise, on hearing such soothing and delicious sounds, was, at

least, justifiable; for it was long--very long, since she had listened

to any thing like melody The fierce trumpet and the shrill fife were

the only instruments she had heard, since her arrival at Udolpho

When her mind was somewhat more composed, she tried to ascertain froht they came from below; but

whether from a room of the castle, or froe Fear and surprise now yielded to the enchantment

of a strain, that floated on the silent night, with the most soft

and melancholy sweetness Suddenly, it seemed removed to a distance,

trembled faintly, and then entirely ceased

She continued to listen, sunk in that pleasing repose, which soft music

leaves on the e circue it certainly was to hear

ht, when every inhabitant of the castle had long since

retired to rest, and in a place, where nothing like har-suffering had made her

spirits peculiarly sensible to terror, and liable to be affected by the

illusions of superstition--

It now seemed to her, as if her dead father

had spoken to her in that strain, to inspire her with comfort and

confidence, on the subject, which had then occupied her mind Yet reason