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This was not the moment, in which Eain, and, as soon as she had taken the coffee, she retired to

her apartued spirits But

busy memory would still supply her with the visions of for and benevolent, as he had been wont to appear

in the days of their early love, and, amidst the scenes, where she had

believed that they should soth, sleep closed these afflicting scenes fro, serious occupation recovered her fro desirous of quitting Tholouse, and of

hastening on to La Vallee, she made some enquiries into the condition of

the estate, and immediately dispatched a part of the necessary business

concerning it, according to the directions of Mons Quesnel It

required a strong effort to abstract her thoughts from other interests

sufficiently to attend to this, but she was rewarded for her exertions

by again experiencing, that employment is the surest antidote to sorrow

This day was devoted entirely to business; and, a other concerns,

she employed means to learn the situation of all her poor tenants, that

she ht relieve their wants, or confir, her spirits were so ht

she could bear to visit the gardens, where she had so often walked with

Valancourt; and, knowing, that, if she delayed to do so, their scenes

would only affect her the e of the present state of her mind, and entered them