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( This poem and that entitled THE TRAVELLER in vol ii, have already

appeared in a periodical publication [A R])

Preferring the solitude of her room to the company of the persons below

stairs, Emily dined above, and Maddelina was suffered to attend her,

from whose simple conversation she learned, that the peasant and his

ere old inhabitants of this cottage, which had been purchased for

them by Montoni, in reward of some service, rendered him, many years

before, by Marco, to whom Carlo, the steward at the castle, was nearly

related 'So nora,' added Maddelina, 'that I know

nothing about it; but ood, for e was the least he ought to

have had'

To the mention of this circumstance Emily listened with a painful

interest, since it appeared to give a frightful colour to the character

of Marco, whose service, thus rewarded by Montoni, she could scarcely

doubt have been criminal; and, if so, had too much reason to believe,

that she had been committed into his hands for some desperate

purpose 'Did you ever hear how nora Laurentini's disappearance from Udolpho, 'since