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Emily's indisposition had then prevented the intended

conversation; but now, after the will had been examined, she received

a summons, which she immediately obeyed, and became informed of

circumstances, that powerfully affected her As the narrative of the

abbess was, however, deficient in many particulars, of which the reader

may wish to be informed, and the history of the nun is materially

connected with the fate of the Marchioness de Villeroi, we shall omit

the conversation, that passed in the parlour of the convent, and le

with our relation a brief history of LAURENTINI DI UDOLPHO,

Who was the only child of her parents, and heiress of the ancient house

of Udolpho, in the territory of Venice It was the first misfortune

of her life, and that which led to all her succeeding ht to have restrained her strong passions, andtheence But they cherished their own failings in her; for their

conduct was not the result of rational kindness, and, when they either

indulged, or opposed the passions of their child, they gratified their

own Thus they indulged her eakness, and reprehended her with

violence; her spirit was exasperated by their vehe corrected by their wisdom; and their oppositions became contest

for victory, in which the due tenderness of the parents, and the

affectionate duties of the child, were equally forgotten; but, as

returning fondness disarmed the parents' resentment soonest, Laurentini

was suffered to believe that she had conquered, and her passions becaer by every effort, that had been employed to subdue them