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In her present situation she found much novelty to amuse, and much

serious matter to interest her mind Entendered by distress, she

easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the

serene uniforh the

lonely cloisters, and high-arched aisles, whose long perspectives

retired in si a holy calm around She found

much pleasure in the conversation of the nuns, nified sweetness of whose manners

formed a charm irresistibly attractive The soft melancholy impressed

upon their countenances, pourtrayed the situation of theirmixture of pity and esteem The

affectionate appellation of sister, and all that endearing tenderness

which they so well kno to display, and of which they so well

understand the effect, they bestowed on Julia, in the hope of winning

her to become one of their order

Soothed by the presence of madame, the assiduity of the nuns, and by

the stillness and sanctity of the place, her ree of coer But

notwithstanding all her efforts, the idea of Hippolitus would at

intervals return upon her memory with a force that at once subdued her

fortitude, and sunk her in a teuished one, the singular fervor

of whose devotion, and the pensive air of whose countenance, softened

by the languor of illness, attracted her curiosity, and excited a

strong degree of pity The nun, by a sort of sympathy, seemed