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*rr i : ?7" vo >r i'ttfi iuioi I UDQL A aOHANCE BT A Synopsis of What's Gone I Before. \ The story op?u In Uascony, France Sate 1654, characters so far are M. fit. AaaKar# hta ?/lfa an/I rlaiaarMsi* Emily, Emily I* musical and charmifi blua eyes Ac. ft. Quesnel Is n. St. Aubart's brother-In law. Madam St. Aubert dles-St. Aubert and Emily go ta M. Quesnel's meet two Italians slgnors Cavlgnl and flontonl-St. Aubet's heuliti .*il? lie is uidcred to go to Languedoc-Hmllv and.her father start an the Journey. Valancourt leaves St. Aubert and Emily. St. Aubert very III Is taken to cottage of a farmer: he gives Emily Instructions. Low niter his death to, . , find papers and money under the 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 rrarby. St. Aubett had given orders that bis body be buried near the tomb of the Vlllerols. Madame Cheron sent servants to bring Emily to her. Emily stops at La Valle# her old home. Having thus continued to converse, without perceiving the flght of time, Valancourt, at length, seemed to recollect himself. I must go, said he mournfully, but it is with the hope of seeing you again, of being permitted to pay my respects to your family 1st me hear this hope confirmed by your voice My family will be happy to see soy friend of my dear father, '- sRed her ^red, unable to depart, wbli X silently her eyes bent on the ground : and Valancourt, as he gazed on her, consider ed 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 sasv Madame Cheron. She felt a blush steal upon her cheek, and her frame trembling with the emotion of her mind; but she instantly rose to meet her visitor. So niece, how do you do? Hut 1 need not ask, your looks tell mc you have already recovered your loss. My looks do me injustice then, I Madam, my loss I 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 displeasure, with which Madame Cheron, while he anoke. wniilfl lnvo almost any other heart; she made no other reply, but introduced Valan- ( court, "ho could scarry stifle the , resentment he felt, and whose bow Madame Cheron returned with a Might ( courtesy, and a look of supercilious examination. After a few moments he took leave of Emily, in a manner, , that hastily expressed his pain both | at his own departure, and at leaving , her to tlie society of Madame Cheron. , Who is that young man? said her \ aunt, in an accent, which equally im? i plied inquisitiveness and censure j Some Idle admirer of yours I suppose; t but I believed niece, you bad a great- i er sense of propriety, that to have re- i ceived the visits of any young man in c Vnilp nrpgftnt cU.i.ti.? ^ W?i? |T> VUWMW Mill* IWUUCVI OlUUatlUii. Let me tell you the world will observe f those things, and it will talk, aye and ( ery freely too. c Emily, extremely shocked at this s coarse speech, attempted to Interrupt i It; but Madame Cberon would proceed h with all the self importance of a per son, to whom power is new. c It is very necessary you should be * tinder the eye of some person more J able to guide you than yourself. I. t Indeed, have not much leisure for f such a task; however, since your poor w father made it his last request, that 1 a Should overlook your conduct?I must vicii wine jruu uuuer my Care. liill g] this let me tell you, niece, that, unless p. you will determine to be v?try comfor- n mable to my dlrect'on, I shall not y( trouble myself longer about you. Emily made no attempt to inter- f? nipt Madame Cheron a second time, p grief and the pride of conscious inno- t oenco kept her silent, till her aun a aid, I am now come to take you wlti. o me toTholouse; I am sorry to find, t that your father died, after ali, u ti such indiilerent circumstances; however, I shall take you home witli me. 5 Ab! poor man, he was always more ^ generous than provident, or lie would Ir not have left bis daughter dependent tj on bis relations. ^ Nor has be done so, I hope, madame ei said Emily calmly, nor did his pe- k ouniary misfortunes arise from that sc a noble generosity, which always dis- L tlnguislied him. The affairs of M dc lo ^lottcville may, 1 truai, yet be settled w am OF PHO. NN RATCLIFFE without deeply injuring his creditors, and in the meantime I should t>< very happy to remain at La Vallee. No doubt you would, replied Mad ame Cheron, with a smile of irony, auu I shall no doubt content to this since l see now necessary tranquility and retirement are to restore youi spirits. 1 did not tliink you capable of so much duplicity, niece; when yoi pleaded this excuse for remaining here, I foolishly believed it. to be i just one, nor expected to have founc m?Ii tou mi agreeable a companion a? tins M. Vat?, I forgot his name Emily could no longer endure these cruel indignities, It was a just one, maefom, said she: and now, indeed, ] leel more thau ever the value of th< retirement I theu solicited; and, i the purport of your visit is only t< add insult to the sorrows of you brother's child, she could well hav spared it. I see that I have undertaken a ver; troublesome task, said Madame Chei on, colouriug highly. *'I am sure madam, said Emily mildly, and en deavourlng to restrain her tears, am sure my rather did not mean i should be such. I have the happincs to reflect, that my conduct under hii eye was such as he often delighted t* approve. It would be very painful t< me to disobey the sister of such a par ent, and if you believe the task wll really be so troublesome, I must la ment that it is yours. Well! niece, fine speaking signiflc little. 1 am willing in consideratioi of iny poor brother to overlook the iir propriety of your late onduct, and t try what your future wi 1 be. Emily Interrupted her, to beg sli would explain what was the imprc prict} "ihc alluded to. Whs o impropriety! Wiiy that or r oeivh the visits of a lover unknou ! to jour femlly, replied Madame Cue on, not considering the impropriety < which she had herself been guilty, i ' "e to the posslbilil of conduct so erroneous. A faint blush passed over Emily1 countenance; pride and anxiety strug gled in tier breast: and, till she reco lected, that appearances did, in som degree, justify her aunt's suspicion! she could not resolve to humble hei self so fai as to enter into the defenc of a conduct, which iiad been so innc cent and undesigned on her part. Sh mentioned the manncrof Valancourt' introduction to her father; the cir cumstance of his receiving the piste shot, and of their arterwards travel ling together; with the accidents way, in which she had met him, 01 the preceding evening. She owned h had asked permission to address he family. And who is this young adventurer pray? said Madame Cherou, and wha a ro htQ nrofirnalrtnoO ?-*-? ?? >??v ?* ? piv/WiJOivuo. Jl licou lie 11J UO himself explain, madam, replied Km ily. Of his family ray father was no ignorant, and I believe it is unexcep tionable. She then proceeded to men tion what she knew concerning it. 0, then, this it seems is a younge brother, exclaimed her aunt, and o course a beggar A very line tale In deed! And so my brother took a fanci to this young man after only a fe* days acquaintance!?but that was si like him! In his youth he was alwayi taking these likes and dislikes, whei 110 other person saw any reason fo: lliem at all; nay. Indeed, I have oftci thought the people he disapprovec vere much more agreeable than t lio^t ic admired;?but thire is no account ng for tastes. lie wasalways somucl nfluenced by pmple's countenances low I, for my part; have 110 notion ol his, It is all ridiculous enthusiasm tVhat has a man's face to do wit li hh haracler? Can a man of good char icter help having a disagreeable ace??which last sentence Madame 3heron delivered with the decisive air >f a person who congratulates hcrelf on having made a grand discovery; nd believes the<iuestion to be unanwerably settled. Emily, desirous of concluding the onversation, enquired if her aunt vould accept some refreshment, and ladame Cheron accompanied her to he chateau, but without desisting rora a topic, which she discussed rith so muchcomplacencv to herself nd severity to her niccc. lam sorry to perceive, niece, said lie, in allusion to somewhat that Imily had said, concerning physiogomy, that you have a great many of [>ur father's prejudices, and among hvm are those sudden predilections )r people from their looks. I can eiceive, that you imagine yourself o be violently in love with this young dventurer, after an acquaintance of nly a few diys. Thera was somehing, too, so charmingly romantic in he manner of your meeting, Emily checked the tears, that tremled in her eyes, while she said. When ly conduct shall deserve this severity tadam, you will do well to exercise it; II then justice, If not tenderness, lould surely restrain It. I have nevr willingly offended yon: now I h ive at my parents you are the only per>n to whom 1 can look for ldndneis. et me not lament more than ever t he ' ss of such parents. The last words ere almost stijjed by her emotions, j and she burst Into tears. Remember, ing the delloaoy and the tenderness of St. Aubert, the happy, happy days she had passed in these scenes, an<l contrasting them with the coarse and unfeeling beliaviour c?f MidameChe j run, and witli the future hours of n or itticatlon she must submit to in her presence?a degree of grief solz-d her, th it almost reached despair. Mad* ame Clieron, more olfeuded by the re, proof, which Emily's words conveyed , thantouc. cd by the sorrow slie express* ed.sald notliing, that might soften her grief; but notwithstanding an air ' i arcnt reluctance to receive her , n ece. she desired her company. The t love ot sway wis her ruling passion, and she knew It wou'U be highly unit tiled by taking into her house a young orphan, who hud no appeal from her 5 decisions, and of whom she could exi ercisc without control the capricious f humor of the moment. t On entering the chateau, Madame I Cheron expressed a desire, that she would put up what she thought neces' sary to take to Tooulouse, as slie meant to set olT immediately. hu.il ? now tried to persuade her to defer the , journey, at least, till the next dayw I and at length, with such dittlculty, ? prevailed. f The day passed in the exercise of ? pretty tyranny on the part of Madame r Cheron, and in mournful regret aud e melancholy anticipation on that ol Emily, who, when her aunt retired to y lier apartment Tor the night, went to take leave of every ot her room in this >, her dear native home, which she was r now quitting, for sho knew not how 1 long, and for a world, to which she t, was wholly a stranger. She could not ' s conquer a presentiment, which fres quently occurred to her, this night? 3 that she should never more return to 0 LaVallce. Having passed a cotisid. erable time in what had been lier 1 father's study, having selected some of his favorite authors, to put up with her cloths, and shed many tears, as g he wiped the dust from their covets n she seated herself In his chair befori , the reading desk, and sat lost in mcl () ancholy reflection. till Theresa opened the duor to examine, as was her cws tom before she went to bed, if all was ie safe. She started, on observing hei )_ young lady, who bade her conn; in and then gave her some direci ions foi e" keeping t he chateau in readiness lu. n her reception at ad times. r~ Alas-a-day! that you should leave 5 it! said Theresa, 1 think you would n be happier here than who e you aie t ' -' " ""?? loav iiulge. 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