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While these visitors were at the chateau, it becaaiety

and splendour The pavilion in the woods was fitted up and frequented,

in the fine evenings, as a supper-room, when the hour usually concluded

with a concert, at which the Count and Countess, ere scientific

performers, and the Chevaliers Henri and St Foix, with the Lady Blanche

and Emily, whose voices and fine taste compensated for the want of more

skilful execution, usually assisted Several of the Count's servants

performed on horns and other instru the woods, spoke, in sweet response, to the

harmony, that proceeded from the pavilion

At any other period, these parties would have been delightful to

Emily; but her spirits were now oppressed with a melancholy, which

she perceived that no kind of what is called amusement had power to

dissipate, and which the tender and, frequently, pathetic, melody of

these concerts soree

She was particularly fond of walking in the woods, that hung on a

pro the sea Their luxuriant shade was soothing to

her pensive mind, and, in the partial viehich they afforded of

the Mediterranean, with its winding shores and passing sails, tranquil

beauty was united with grandeur The paths were rude and frequently