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For many years, they had known little of each other, and the Count received the

first intelligence of his death, which happened in a distant part of

France, together with the instruave him possession of the

do year, that

he deterned to pass the autumn

there

The scenes of Chateau-le-Blanc often cahtened by the touches, which a warives to the

recollection of early pleasures; for, many years before, in the

life-tie when the aiety and delight, he had once

visited this spot, and, though he had passed a long intervening period

amidst the vexations and tumults of public affairs, which too frequently

corrode the heart, and vitiate the taste, the shades of Languedoc and

the grandeur of its distant scenery had never been re many years, the chateau had been abandoned by the late Marquis,

and, being inhabited only by an old steward and his wife, had been

suffered to fall much into decay To superintend the repairs, that would

be requisite to make it a comfortable residence, had been a principal

uedoc; and

neither the reent occasions, she could weep, were powerful enough to overcome his

determination