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affected still to believe a ainst Montoni, to whom he had always, till now, felt

himself to be inferior On Emily's pecuniary concerns, he was not very

explicit; he informed her, however, that the tered, was nearly expired; but, without inviting her to his

own house, added, that her circumstances would by no means allow her to

reside there, and earnestly advised her to remain, for the present, in

the convent of St Claire

To her enquiries respecting poor old Theresa, her late father's servant,

he gave no answer In the postscript to his letter, Monsieur Quesnel

mentioned M Motteville, in whose hands the late St Aubert had placed

the chief of his personal property, as being likely to arrange his

affairs nearly to the satisfaction of his creditors, and that Emily

would recover much more of her fortune, than she had formerly reason to

expect The letter also inclosed to Emily an order upon a merchant at

Narbonne, for a small sum of money

The tranquillity of the monastery, and the liberty she was suffered

to enjoy, in wandering aradually restored her spirits to their natural tone, except

that anxiety would so Valancourt, as the tiht receive an answer to her

letter