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E, that it was for Valancourt's sake she had thus resisted,

she now ss, and retired

to the spot, which her aunt had pointed out as the repository of the

papers, relative to the estates, where she found them as described; and,

since she knew of no better place of conceal their contents, being fearful of discovery,

while she should attempt a perusal

To her own solitary chaain of the late conversation with Montoni, and of the evil she ht

expect from opposition to his will But his power did not appear so

terrible to her iination, as it ont to do: a sacred pride was

in her heart, that taught it to swell against the pressure of injustice,

and allory in the quiet sufferance of ills, in a cause, which

had also the interest of Valancourt for its object For the first time,

she felt the full extent of her own superiority to Montoni, and despised

the authority, which, till now, she had only feared

As she sat oing to the casement, she saith inexpressible surprise, three

ladies, dressed in the gala habit of Venice, walking with several