Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 128: what you’re looking at

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THE MYSTERY OF BT. MARK’S ABBEY, 218 uneie, wa theiy-escepe frem the ceast-guerd, Ghe hed just succacded - iv geining the feot of the eieins, when she suddenly heard a door clom te, and @ light from the gallery above streamed upen ber. She looked up, think ing it was Kate, and te her astonishment bebsid the seme Ggure which she hadeodn leaning evar hey, on the night she had slept at the abbey. She carried a jamp in her baad, ond was just in the ast af descending the staits. When she bekeld aur heroine, she fixed upan her ea earnest loak of: surprise, emetian, and affection, then saddenly darted back into the room from which she had just bcfere emerged, and Angelisa was left in derknaw. These was ne time for delay; eves now it might he toe lete ta save the life of Cliffusd, und with o resolution whick the circumstances engendered, she ascended the stairs, and wes about to heeak at the door through whick the form had ganished, when she beheld 9 light at the either end of the galery, and the next moment, Kate stead befarg her. ‘‘How new, maiden ;’’-—-she exeleimed, ‘t what beings you bere at this heuy, end in such a state of trepidation ? wan seck you ?” tana few wards, Angelion infarmad her. ‘Good Gad ! wounded, say yeu !” ahe exsinimed, and her countenance and demesnaus betrayed the greatest ceasternation and agitetion; ob, let me fly te his assistance. Angolina, hasten hack to the cottage, it would net be well far us to be seon together; 5 shall be there as soon as yeu are.’! Angelina cheyed her, and on the way hack te the eotlage, she: reflected with the most iniense anxiety upon the situaden of Hugh Cii@erd, and mén- tally offered up a prayer ta heaven for his preservation.) ‘lu thet moment, for the first time, the reql situation of her heart hecama evident te her, and in spite of every struggle, eyery obstacle which might prevent itself, she was Cone vinced and mentally acknowledged that she loved him. When she reached the cottage, she found that Kate, attended by a man whom our heroine remembered te have seen on bpatd the anaggler's vessel, and whe soied in the capacity of gurgeen te any ef the coaw that. wepe iil, or heppened to got wounded-rhad already arrived thare, heving gone by a nearer renee than she was acquainted wiih. Mr. Weodfield had alee rotarned bome, and wee up steirs with the weasded man, whe had heen removed te ded. Hugh Olifferd’s wouads, upon examination, ware pranounced by tha dactor net to be dangerasg, hut hn said it would be impossible to remeye him for the present, and thet he must be kapt ae still an possible, With ike moat motherly care and affection, Kate hung oser bim, apd mere than epap she pressed her lips to his, and gave uiterance to wards of lave and tenderness. Hugh could give no further account of the affeir than in passing near tha cottaga, on hia way to tbe abhay, some person, who seemed ta be lyisg ia qubush, Grad. at him, ond the darkness would aot permit him to ace the wretch who bad attempted hie life. That their ohject waa pot robbery, was quite certaia, and he could net form any idea who ibe intended agassin could be. Rate hisieped ta him sagozly, than perused, and bit her lips; but she wean BQ ABAVET.. Mr. Weedfield caida not help noticing the eagerness with whiek Avaelina inquired after Hugh, when he returned tq the pariquy;. gad the warmth with which sha exclaimed ‘‘ Thank God!” when abe was. informed that the wound wae nei.dapgerous, Hor vacle looked enracntly for 9 minnie, then walkiag f COL @ OO SS (CO) mn _