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is not the time for further enquiry;--yet, how can I bear to believe,

even for a moment, that you are less worthy of my esteem than formerly?

I have still sufficient confidence in your candour, to believe, that,

when I shall ask for an explanation, you will give it me'--'Yes,' said

Valancourt, 'yes, Emily: I have not yet lost uised s--your virtues, while I--I--but I will say no more I did

not mean to have said even so much--I have been surprised into

the self-accusation Tell et that

journey--will not wish to forget it, and I will be calm I would not

lose the remembrance of it for the whole earth'

'How contradictory is this!' said Emily;--'but we may be overheard My

recollection of it shall depend upon yours; I will endeavour to forget,

or to recollect it, as you may do Let us join the Count'--'Tell

ive the uneasiness I have

occasioned you, this evening, and that you will still love ive you,' replied Emily 'You best knohether I shall

continue to love you, for you knohether you deserve my esteem At

present, I will believe that you do It is unnecessary to say,' added

she, observing his dejection, 'howlady, who approaches, is the Count's daughter'