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Before the evening concluded, he returned to Theresa's cottage, that

he ht hear her talk of Emily, and be in the place, where she had so

lately been The joy, felt and expressed by that faithful servant, was

quickly changed to sorrohen she observed, at one moment, his wild

and phrensied look, and, at another, the dark

him After he had listened, and for a considerable tiave Theresa nearly all the h she repeatedly refused it, declaring, that her

a ring of value

froe to present

it to Emily, of whom he entreated, as a last favour, that she would

preserve it for his sake, and soiver

Theresa wept, as she received the ring, but it was more from sympathy,

than from any presentiment of evil; and before she could reply,

Valancourt abruptly left the cottage She followed hi him to return; but she received no

answer, and saw him no more