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He paused again; and, looking at Ee, and that she was falling froht her, but she

had fainted, and he called loudly for assistance They were, however,

beyond the hearing of his servants at the chateau, and he feared

to leave her while he went thither for assistance, yet knew not how

otherwise to obtain it; till a fountain at no great distance caught his

eye, and he endeavoured to support E, while he went thither for water But again he was

perplexed, for he had nothing near hiht;

but while, with increased anxiety, he watched her, he thought he

perceived in her countenance sy, however, before she revived, and then she found herself

supported--not by the Count, but by Valancourt, as observing her

with looks of earnest apprehension, and who now spoke to her in a tone,

tremulous with his anxiety At the sound of his well-known voice, she

raised her eyes, but presently closed theain came

over her

The Count, with a look sohed heavily, and called on the naht, to her lips On the Count's repeating