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He spared her the pain of replying, by leaving her; and she strolled on,

so persevered to plead for a

suit, which she had repeatedly rejected, and lost amidst the melancholy

recollections, which this topic had revived, till she had insensibly

reached the borders of the woods, that screened thehow far she had wandered, she determined to

extend her walk a little farther, and to enquire about the abbess and

so the nuns

Though the evening was noing to a close, she accepted the

invitation of the friar, who opened the gate, and, anxious to meet some

of her old acquaintances, proceeded towards the convent parlour As she

crossed the lawn, that sloped from the front of the monastery towards

the sea, she was struck with the picture of repose, exhibited by so in the cloisters, which extended under the brow of the

woods, that crowned this eht hour, holy subjects, they sometimes suffered their attention to

be relieved by the scene before theht it profane to look at

nature, now that it had exchanged the brilliant colours of day for the

sober hue of evening

Before the cloisters, however, spread an