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As she listened, she thought she distinguished fehter, and this confirnora Livona and her coht hither by compulsion; and she beheld herself

in the remote wilds of the Apennine, surrounded by men, whom she

considered to be little less than ruffians, and their worst associates,

amid scenes of vice, from which her soul recoiled in horror It was at

this moment, when the scenes of the present and the future opened to her

ie of Valancourt failed in its influence, and

her resolution shook with dread She thought she understood all the

horrors, which Montoni was preparing for her, and shrunk froeance, as he could inflict The

disputed estates she now alain call upon her, that she ain safety and freedom;

but then, the ree her into the distractions of doubt

She continued walking in the gallery, till evening threw its h the painted case around her; while the distant perspective of

the corridor was so, that teres below, peals of laughter echoed

faintly, at intervals, to this re stillness