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He paused a moment, while Emily attempted to conceal the tears, which

came to her eyes She would have said, 'You speak now, as you ont

to do,' but she checked herself--'Forgive s I have occasioned you, and, sometimes, when you think of the

wretched Valancourt, remember, that his only consolation would be to

believe, that you are no longer unhappy by his folly' The tears now

fell fast upon her cheek, and he was relapsing into the phrensy of

despair, when Emily endeavoured to recall her fortitude and to terminate

an interviehich only see her tears and that she was rising to go, Valancourt

struggled, once s and to sooth hers

'The remembrance of this sorrow,' said he, 'shall in future be ain will example, or temptation have power to

seduce me to evil, exalted as I shall be by the recollection of your

grief for me'

Emily was so for

ever,' said she; 'but, if my happiness is dear to you, you will always

re can contribute to it more, than to believe, that

you have recovered your own esteem' Valancourt took her hand;--his eyes

were covered with tears, and the farewell he would have spoken was lost

in sighs After a few moments, Emily said, with difficulty and emotion,