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For Valancourt's sake also she determined to preserve these

estates, since they would afford that competency, by which she hoped to

secure the coht of this, she

indulged the tenderness of tears, and anticipated the delight of that

ht tell hihted up his features--the

affectionate regard, which spoke at once his joy and thanks; and, at

this instant, she believed she could brave any suffering, which the evil

spirit of Montonithen, for the

first time since her aunt's death, the papers relative to the estates

in question, she determined to search for them, as soon as her intervieith Montoni was over

With these resolutions she met him at the appointed time, and waited to

hear his intention before she renewed her request With hi near a table, covered with

papers, which he appeared to be exa his head, 'that youwith n your naibly over so it before her on the table, offered her a pen She took it,

and was going to write--when the design of Montoni ca; she tren what she had not read Montoni affected to laugh at her

scruples, and, taking up the paper, again pretended to read; but Eer, and was astonished, that

her own credulity had so nearly betrayed her, positively refused to sign

any paper whatever Montoni, for so