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When the marquis read the answer of the Abate, all the baleful

passions of his nature were roused and inflaree which

bordered upon distraction In the first iates of the monastery, and defied the utmost malice

of his enemy But a moment's reflection revived his fear of the

threatened secret, and he saw that he was still in the power of the

Superior

The Abate procured the necessary dispensation, and preparations were

i ceremony Julia watched the

departure of those moments which led to her fate with the cal fro herself to a worse; she surveyed it therefore

with a steady eye, and no longer shrunk fro the day of her consecration, she was inforrate Heraccustomed to the vicissitudes of apprehension, that fear was the

emotion which now occurred; she suspected, yet scarcely knehy, that

the marquis was below, and hesitated whether to descend A little

reflection determined her, and she went to the parlour--where, to her

equal joy and surprise, she beheld--Ferdinand!

During the absence of the marquis from his castle, Ferdinand, who had

been informed of the discovery of Julia, effected his escape from

in of

rescuing her He had passed the woods in disguise, withthe observation of the marquis's people, ere

yet dispersed round the abbey To the monastery, as he came alone, he

had been admitted without difficulty

When he learned the conditions of the Abate's protection, and that