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finished, she returned the miniature to Emily 'Keep it,' said she,

'I bequeath it to you, for I ht I have

frequently observed the resemblance between you; but never, till this

day, did it strike upon my conscience so powerfully! Stay, sister, do

not remove the casket--there is another picture I would shew'

Eain would have

withdrawn her 'Agnes is still disordered,' said she, 'you observe how

she wanders In these , and does not scruple, as

you have witnessed, to accuse herself of the ht she perceived sones, whose mention of the Marchioness,

and production of her picture, had interested her so much, that she

deter the

subject of it The nun returned with the casket, and, Agnes pointing out to her a

secret drawer, she took frones,

as she offered it to Emily, 'learn a lesson for your vanity, at least;

look well at this picture, and see if you can discover any resemblance

bethat I was, and what I am'