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Emily now

theht I to

think of you with affection? YouI

said, I had still sufficient confidence in your candour to believe,

that, when I should request an explanation of your words, you would give

it This explanation is now unnecessary, I understand them too well; but

prove, at least, that your candour is deserving of the confidence I

give it, when I ask you, whether you are conscious of being the same

estimable Valancourt--whom I once loved'

'Once loved!' cried he,--'the same--the same!' He paused in

extreme emotion, and then added, in a voice at once solemn, and

dejected,--'No--I aer worthy of

you!' He again concealed his face Emily was too much affected by this honest

confession to reply iled to overcos of her heart, and to act with the decisive firmness, which

was necessary for her future peace, she perceived all the danger of

trusting long to her resolution, in the presence of Valancourt, and was

anxious to conclude an interview, that tortured them both; yet, when

she considered, that this was probably their last , her fortitude