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Lady Blanche, affected by these words, remained silent; she looked

forward to the period, which the Count anticipated, and considering,

that he, who now spoke, would then probably be no round, were filed with tears She gave her hand to her father,

who, s affectionately, rose from his chair, and went to a

to conceal his eues of the day made the party separate at an early hour,

when Blanche retired through a long oak gallery to her chah antiquated caseloomy air, did not reconcile her to its re The furniture, also, was of antient

date; the bed was of blue daold lace,

and its lofty tester rose in the form of a canopy, whence the curtains

descended, like those of such tents as are sometimes represented in old

pictures, and, indeed,those, exhibited on the faded

tapestry, hich the cha To Blanche, every object here

was ht from her woman to examine

the tapestry, she perceived, that it represented scenes froh the al

actions they once had painted She laughed at the ludicrous absurdity

she observed, till, recollecting, that the hands, which had wove it,