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Her lute and favorite airs lost half their power to please;

the day seeht the

breakfast-hour would never arrive At length the clock struck the

signal, the sound vibrated on every nerve, and tre she quitted

the closet for her sister's apartuise Till

then Ehts; they now descended to the

breakfast-room in silence, and Julia almost feared to meet her eye In

the breakfast-room they were alone Julia found it impossible to

support a conversation with E

the course of her thoughts, beca and tiresome She was

therefore about to retire to her closet, when the hty, and his look severe He coldly saluted his daughters,

and they had scarcely tieneral enquiries, when the

marchioness entered, and the company soon after assembled Julia, who

had awaited with so painful an impatience for the hed that it was arrived She

scarcely dared to lift her tiround, and when by

accident they met his, a soft tremour seized her; and apprehension

lest he should discover her sentiments, served only to render her

confusion conspicuous

At length, a glance frohts; and other fears superseding those of

love, her uish in the behaviour of Vereza no symptoms of particular

admiration, and she resolved to conduct herself towards him with the

one, was devoted to joy In the evening