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'Aye,earthly it would have been

discovered long ago, but who could have courage to follow a spirit, and

if they had, what good could it do?--for spirits, YOU KNOW, ma'am, can

take any shape, or no shape, and they will be here, one minute, and, the

next perhaps, in a quite different place!'

'Pray resume your story of the Marchioness,' said Emily, 'and acquaint

me with the manner of her death' 'I will, ma'am,' said Dorothee, 'but shall we leave the ?' 'This cool air refreshesthe woods, and to look upon this dusky landscape You was

speaking of my lord, the Marquis, when the music interrupted us'

'Yes, looht, she was taken very ill,

indeed I was called up, and, when I came to her bedside, I was shocked

to see her countenance--it was so changed! She looked piteously up at

ain, for he was not yet co particular to say to him At last, he

came, and he did, to be sure, seem very sorry to see her, but he said

very little My lady told hi, and wished