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'Yes,' rejoined Frances, 'and why does that circumstance excite your

surprise?' Emily did not appear to notice this question, but rehtful,

for a few moments, and then said, 'It was about that same period that

the Marchioness de Villeroi expired' 'That is an odd remark,' said Frances Eave the conversation

another turn, but it soon came back to the subject of the unhappy nun,

and Eht

bell aroused her; when, apologizing for having interrupted the sister's

repose, till this late hour, they quitted the cell together Emily

returned to her cha taper, went

to her devotion in the chapel

Several days followed, during which Emily saw neither the Count, or any

of his fath, he appeared, she remarked, with

concern, that his air was unusually disturbed

'My spirits are harassed,' said he, in answer to her anxious enquiries,

'and I e my residence, for a little while, an experiment,

which, I hope, will restore hter and myself will accompany the Baron St Foix to his chateau It

lies in a valley of the Pyrenees, that opens towards Gascony, and I have

been thinking, Eo

part of the way together; it would be a satisfaction to uard you

towards your home'

She thanked the Count for his friendly consideration, and la first to Tholouse would render this plan