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This incident occasioned Julia much alarm She could not but believe

that the men whom she had seen were spies of the marquis;--if so, her

asylu to apprehend Madaed it necessary to the safety of Julia, that the Abate

should be inforht

in his monastery, and also that he should be solicited to protect her

from parental tyranny This was a hazardous, but a necessary step, to

provide against the certain danger which hter of the Abate, be the first to

acquaint him with her story If she acted otherwise, she feared that

the Abate, in whose generosity she had not confided, and whose pity

she had not solicited, would, in the pride of his resentment, deliver

her up, and thus would she become a certain victim to the Duke de

Luovo

Julia approved of this coh she trembled for the

event; and requested, therefore, madame solicited a private audience

of the Abate; she obtained per anxiety, watched her to the door of his apart, and every moment seemed an hour to Julia, who, in

fearful expectation, awaited with Cornelia the sentence which would

decide her destiny She was now the constant co health interested her pity, and strengthened her