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'Pray proceed,' said Emily, 'I am interested' 'The story is already told,' resule, which Agnes suffered, between love, remorse

and a sense of the duties she had taken upon herself in becoth unsettled her reason At first, she was frantic and

melancholy by quick alternatives; then, she sunk into a deep and settled

melancholy, which still, however, has, at times, been interrupted by

fits of wildness, and, of late, these have again been frequent'

Emily was affected by the history of the sister, some parts of whose

story brought to her remembrance that of the Marchioness de Villeroi,

who had also been compelled by her father to forsake the object of her

affections, for a nobleman of his choice; but, from what Dorothee had

related, there appeared no reason to suppose, that she had escaped the

vengeance of a jealous husband, or to doubt for a mohed over thea few tears to the misfortunes of the

Marchioness; and, when she returned to the nes, she

asked Frances if she remembered her in her youth, and whether she was