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M - . M MM m ?111 A BOUNCE BY II Synopsis of What's Oone " a Before. v TIm story opens In Oascony, France " _ZU ^ - n date 1654, characters so far are M. St. Aubert, his wife and daughter 8 Emily, Emily la musical and charm- a if, blue eyes Ac. H. Quesnel Is n. St. 8 Aubert's brother-ln law. Madam St. u Aubert dles-St. Aubert and Emily go 1 to M. Quesnel's meet two Italians si- 1 gnors Cavlgnl and riontonl-St. Aube- j t's heal I o utls lie is videred to go to Languedoc-Emily and.her father start 1 n the Journey. Valancourt leaves St. Aubert and Emily. St. Aubert very 111 Is taken to cottage of a farmer: he gives Emily In- ' tractions, how niter his death to, iiiiu 9 anu i v/iiw jr uiiuvi niv floor at his house, La Vallee and Instructs her to burn all papers without reading them. St. Aubert dies, Emily accepts an Invitation to visit the lady abbess of the convent nearby. St. Aubeit had given orders that J his body be burled near the tomb of , the Vlllerols. Madame Cheron sent servants to i bring Emily to her. Emily stops at i La Vallec her old home. Having thus continued to converse, j without perceiving the fight of time, Valancourt, at length, seemed to recollect himself. I must go, said he mou'.'nfuily. but it is with the hope of seeing you again, of being permitted to pay my respects to your family let me hear this hope confirmed by I your voice My family will be happy to see any friend of my dear father, '''sfied her A? M * V >red, unable to depart, wbli X silently ; her eyes bent on the ground : and Valaucourt, as he gazed on her, considered that it would soon be impossible for him to recall, even to bis memory, the exact resemblance of the beautiful countenance he then beheld; at this moment an hasty footstep approached from behind the plane tree, and turning her eyes, Emily saw Madame Cheron. She felt a blush steal upon her eheelr unrl her frame tremhllnu ??- ? - ? ^ vwith the emotion of her mind; but siie instantly rose to meet her visitor. So niece, how do you do? hut I need not ask, your looks tell mc you have already recovered your loss. My looks do roe injustice then, Madam, my loss J know can never ,be recovered. Well?well! I will not argue with you; I see you have exactly your father's disposition; and let me tell you it would have been much happier foi him, poor man! If it had been a different one. A look of dignified dis- i pleasure, with which Madame Cheron, I while he spoke, would have touched almost any other heart; she made no | other reply, but introduced v'aian- , court, who could scanty stiile the ( resentment he felt, and whose bow | iiadame Cheron returned with a (light , courtesy, and a look of supercilious | OTaminotl/m A a fn??? o i vauuiiuMuiv/ii. iiivv.1 a, icn i/'UlliriJlS j be took leave of Emily, in a manner, , that hastily expressed his pain both , at his own departure, and at leaving t ber to the society of Madame Cheron. v "Who is that young man? said her i aunt, in an accent, which equally Jm? i plied inquisitiveness and censure i Some idle admirer of yours I suppose; t but I believed niece, you had a great- t er sense of propriety, that to have re- \ ceived the visits of any young man in c your present unfriended situation. a T.A*. ma fall UAll t V?A tnAwl/1 mill mvv uiv uvji jvu iuo nui iu win uuserve f those things, and it will talk, aye and ( very freely too. c Emily, extremely shocked at this s coarse speech, attempted to interrupt > It; but Madame Cberon would proceed i with all the self importance of a person, to whom power is new. c It is very necessary you should be s under the eye of some person more ! able to guide you than yourself. I. t Indeed, have not much leisure for f auch a task; however, since your poor v lather made it his last request, that 1 a hould overlook your conduct?I must ven wiko you unuer my care. But s this let me tell you, niece, that, unless p you will determine to be v^ry comfor- n mable to my direct'^n, I shall not y trouble myself longer about you. t Emily made no attempt to inter- t rupt Madame Cheron a second time, p grief and the pride of conscious in no- t oenco kept her silent, till her aun a aid, 1 am now come to take you wlti. o me toTbolouse; I am sorry to find, t that your father died, after all, 11 t tuch Inditierent circumstances; however, I shall take you home with me. b h! poor man, he was always more n generous than provident, or he would ? not have left his daughter dependent j-j on bis relations. ^ Nor has he done so, I hope, madame e said Emily calmly, nor did his pc- h ouniary misfortunes arise Trom that s< (noble generosity, which always dis*' L tlnguistied him. The atiairs of M de k ^otteville may, 1 t rust, yet be settled w mm or: no. I M RATCLIFFE ! i ribhout deeply Injuring his creditors, I nd in the meantime I should be * ru Imnrw ?* T? A'-ll M v? / "wrf/ wv ituiniu aw ua ? aucv. j No doubt jou would, replied Mad- ( me Cheron, with a smile of irony, i nd I shall no doubt content to this, 1 inae I see how necessary tranquility j ,nd retirement are to restore your ( plrits. 1 did not think you capable ( f so much duplicity, niece: when you < leaded this excuse for remaining ' jerc,I foolishly believed it to be a ust one, nor expected to have found ' nil ?ou -o Mgrreable a companion a* ( mis M. U4 Val?, i forgot ills name Emily could no ionger endure tnese i :ruel indignities, It was a Just one, . n attain, said she: and now, indeed, 1 eel more thau ever the value of the retirement I then solicited; and, if the purport of your visit is only to idd insult to the sorrows of your brother's child, she could well have spared it. I see that I have undertaken a very troublesome task, said Madame ('her on, colourlug highly. "I am sure, madam, said Emily mildly, and en deavourlng to restrain her tears, 1 am sure my rather did not mcau it ibould be such. 1 have the happiness to reflect, that my conduct under his ;ye was such as he often delighted to Approve. It would be very painful to me to disobey the sister of such a parent, and if you believe the task will really be so troublesome, I must lament that it is yours. Well! niece, fine speaking signifies little. I am willing in consideration of my poor brother to overlook the impropriety of your late conduct, and to try what your future wi 1 be. Emily interrupted her, to beg she would explain what was the impro-l prietj ihe alluded to. Whs o impropriety! Why that of reoelvi! g the visits of a lover unknown to jour fcmlly, replied Madame Cheron, not considering the impropriety of which she had herself been guilty, in '~n& to the possibility' of conduct so erroneous. A faint blush passed over Emily's countenance; pride and anxiety struggled in her breast: and, till "he recoi lected, that appearances did, in some degree, justify her aunt's suspicions she could not resolve to humble herself so far as to enter into the defence Hf n nntiHnof u/Vtinii linrl Imnn cn inno. v> u wtlMUVV) <V 1IIVI1 liuu i/VWil OKJ lUUV cent and undesigned on ber part. She mentioned the mannerof Valancourt's introduction to her father; the circumstance of his receiving the pistoi shot, and of their afterwards travelling together; with the accidental way, in which she had met him, on the preceding evening. She owned he had asked permission to address her family. And who is this young adventurer, pray? said Madame Cherou, and what are his pretensions? These he must himself explain, madam, replied Km lly. Of his family my father was not ignorant, and I believe it is unexceptionable. She then proceeded to mention what she knew concerning it. 0, then, this it seems is a younger brother, exclaimed her aunt, and of jourse a beggar A very tine tale inleed! And so my brother took a fancy to this young man after only a few lays acquaintance!?but that was so like him! In his youth he was always taking these likes and dislikes, when 10 other person saw any reason for them at all; nay. indeed, I have often thought the people he disapproved vurc uiucii more agreeauie man inose ie admired;?but th*re is no accountnir lor tastes. He was always so much nfluenced by p ;ople's countenances; low I, for my part; have no notion of ,his, it is all ridiculous enthusiasm. >Vliat has a man's face to do with his iharacler? Can a man of good cliarLCter help having a disagreeable ace??which last sentence Madame >heron delivered with the decisive air >r a person who congratulates her- . elf on having made a grand discovery; ind believes the question to be unanswerably settled. Emily, desirous of concluding the conversation, enquired if her aunt vould accept some refreshment, and dadame Cheron accompanied her to * he chateau, but without desisting ; rom a topic, which she discussed irith so much complacency to herself * nd severity to her niece. 1 1 am sorry to perceive, niece, said | he, in allusion to somewhat that imily had said, concerning physiog- < omy, that you have a great many of our father's prejudices, and among * hem are those sudden predilections or people from their looks. I can eiceive, that you imagine yourself < o be violently in love with this young | adventurer, after an acquaintance of oly a few days. Thera was somehing, too, so charmingly romantic in ne manner of your meeting, Emily checked the tears, that tremled in her eyes, while she said, When iy conduct shall deserve this severity ladam, you will do well to exercise it; 111 then justice, If not tenderness, bould surely restrain It. I have ncvr willingly offended you; now I have ?t tny parents you are the only por:>n to whom 1 can look for kindnets. ,et me not lament more than ever the ' >ss of such parents. The last words ' ere almost stifled by her emotions, j c ,ud she burst Into tears. Remember, ng the delioaoy and the tenderness of St. Aubert, the happy, happy days lie had passed in these scjues, a.i<l I ontrosthig them with tlie course and mfeeling behaviour of Midaine Che on, and witli the future hours of n or ideation she must sub-nit to In her >r?*seoee?a degree of grief seized ier, th it almost reached despair. Mad" une Chcron, more oireuded by the rejroof, which Emily's words couveyed ,hantouched by the sorrow she express id,said nottiing, that might soften ier grief; but notwithstanding an aparent reluctance to receive her i cue, ?u? uvsiruu nor company. 1'lie ove of sway was her ruling passion, ind she knew it would be highly grsit Bed by taking into her house a young jrphan, who had no appeal from her decisions, and of whom she could exurcise without coiitrol the capricious humor of the moment. On entering the chateau, Madame heron expressed a desire, tiiat she would put up what she thought necessary to take to Tooulouse, as she meant to set olT immediately. Emil now tried to persuade her to defer the journey, at least, till the next day?. and at length, with such dltliculty, prevailed. The day passed in the exercise of pretty tyranny on the part of Madame Cheron, and in mournful regret and melancholy anticipation on that ol Emily, wlio, when her aunt retired to her apartment tor the night, went to , take lcav<? of every other room in tins J her dear native home, which she was now quitting, for she knew not how long, and for a world, to which she was wholly a stranger. She could not 1 conquer a presentiment, which frc- ; quently occurred to her, this night? that she should never more return to 1 LaVallee. Having passed a considerable time iu what had been her father's study, having selected some 1 of bis favorite authors, to put up with her cloths, and shed many tears, as he wiped the dust from their covets she seated herself In his chair bclori the reading desk, and sat lost in mcl ancholy rellection. till Theresa open, d the door to examine, us washer cus I torn before she went to bed, if all v\a^ safe. 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