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Valancourt, farewell!' 'You are not going?' said he, wildly interrupting her--'You will not

leave ested

any possibility of coence of my despair

and the endurance of my loss!' Emily was terrified by the sternness

of his look, and said, in a soothing voice, 'You have yourself

acknowledged, that it is necessary we should part;--if you

wish, that I should believe you love ment'--

'Never--never,' cried he--'I was distracted when I

h you are not deceived as to

ainst them The

Count is the barrier between us; but he shall not long remain so'

'You are, indeed, distracted,' said Emily, 'the Count is not your eneht, in soree, induce

you to consider him as yours'--'Your friend!' said Valancourt, hastily,

'how long has he been your friend, that he can so easily et

your lover? Was it he, who recommended to your favour the Monsieur Du

Pont, who, you say, accompanied you from Italy, and who, I say, has