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Monsieur Du Pont, immediately on their arrival, went down to the quay,

where he heard of several French vessels, and of one, that was to sail,

in a few days, for Marseilles, from whence another vessel could be

procured, without difficulty, to take theulf of Lyons

towards Narbonne, on the coast not ues from which city he

understood the convent was seated, to which Eed with the captain to take thehted to hear, that her passage to France

was secured

Her mind was now relieved fro hope of soon seeing her native country--that country which

held Valancourt, restored to her spirits a degree of cheerfulness, such

as she had scarcely known, since the death of her father At Leghorn

also, Du Pont heard of his regiment, and that it had ereat satisfaction, for he could

now accompany Emily thither, without reproach to his conscience, or

apprehension of displeasure fro these days, he

scrupulously forbore to distress her by a mention of his passion, and

she was coh she could not love hi the environs of the town, and they

often walked together on the sea-shore, and on the busy quays, where

Emily was frequently interested by the arrival and departure of vessels,

participating in the joy of

a sy It was

after having witnessed a scene of the latter kind, that she arranged the

following stanzas:

THE MARINER

Soft ca; smooth flow'd the tide;

And blue the heaven in its mirror smil'd;

The white sail trembled, swell'd, expanded wide,