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A beautiful evening, that had succeeded to a sultry day, at length

induced Eh she knew that Bertrand must attend her,

and, with Maddelina for her coe, followed by

Bertrand, who allowed her to choose her oay The hour was cool and

silent, and she could not look upon the country around her, without

delight How lovely, too, appeared the brilliant blue, that coloured all

the upper region of the air, and, thence fading doard, was lost in

the saffron glow of the horizon! Nor less so were the varied shades and

war sun threw his slanting

rays athwart their broken surface Emily followed the course of the

streain On the

opposite banks, the pastures were animated with herds of cattle of a

beautiful creae,

with fruit glowing on the branches, frequent almost as the leaves,

which partly concealed it She pursued her way towards the sea, which

reflected the ware, were tinted with the last rays The valley was terht by a lofty pro over the waves, was

croith a ruined tower, now serving for the purpose of a beacon,

whose shattered battles of some sea-fowl,

that circled near it, were still illuh his disk was now sunk beneath the horizon; while the lower

part of the ruin, the cliff on which it stood and the waves at its foot,

were shaded with the first tints of twilight

Having reached this headland, Eazed with solemn pleasure on the