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persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit thee it is, that a fool or a knave, with riches, should be

treated with ood , before she was left alone, and she then wished to have

refreshed her spirits in the free air of her garden; but she feared to

go thither, lest she shouldnight, and he should prove to be Valancourt The suspense

and anxiety she suffered, on this subject, she found all her efforts

unable to controul, and her secret wish to see Valancourt once o, but prudence and

a delicate pride restrained her, and she deter herself in his way, by forbearing to visit the

gardens, for several days

When, after near a week, she again ventured thither, she made Annette

her corounds, but often

started as the leaves rustled in the breeze, i the thickets; and, at the turn of every alley, she looked

forith apprehensive expectation She pursued her walk thoughtfully

and silently, for her agitation would not suffer her to converse with

Annette, to whoht and silence were so intolerable, that

she did not scruple at length to talk to her mistress