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The Countess was the first of her party to awaken from this pause of

silence 'These dismal hyht is coet hoht of evening

was anticipated by an approaching storloo

splendour of the setting sun The clamorous sea-fowl ski their light pinions in the

wave, as they fled away in search of shelter The boatmen pulled hard

at their oars; but the thunder, that now an to dimple the water, made the Count determine

to put back to the monastery for shelter, and the course of the boat

was ied As the clouds approached the west, their lurid

darkness changed to a deep ruddy glohich, by reflection, seemed to

fire the tops of the woods and the shattered towers of the monastery

The appearance of the heavens alarmed the Countess and Mademoiselle

Bearn, whose expressions of apprehension distressed the Count, and

perplexed his itated with

fear, and noith adrandeur of the clouds,

and their effect on the scenery, and listened to the long, long peals of

thunder, that rolled through the air

The boat having reached the lawn before the monastery, the Count sent a