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Henri, however, was less successful in disguising his feelings From his

countenance an expression of terror was not entirely faded; he was

often silent and thoughtful, and when he atteer

enquiries of Mademoiselle Bearn, it was evidently only an atte, the Count called, as he had promised, at the convent,

and Emily was surprised to perceive a mixture of playful ridicule and

of reserve in his mention of the north apart, and, when she ventured to remind him

of his promise to tell her the result of his enquiries, and to ask if

he had received any proof, that those chambers were haunted, his look

beca to recollect himself, he

smiled, and said, 'My dear Eood understanding with these fancies; she will teach you to expect

a ghost in every dark rooh, 'the apparition of the dead coht, or sportive

errands, to terrify, or to surprise the tihtfulness, and then added, 'We will say no more on this

subject' Soon after, he took leave, and, when Emily joined some of the nuns, she

was surprised to find them acquainted with a circumstance, which she

had carefully avoided totheir adht in the apartment, whence