Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 149: what you’re looking at

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136 ANGELINA § OR, many things to keep the image of her lover in her memory, and where the im- pradent observations of his wife continually tended to thwart all his designs. Of putting this plan into execution, he had every opportunity, as he had @ distant relation living near Scarborough; a widow, with one daughter, about the same age ag Angelina, and who had some few years back been on the most intimate terms with him, and had shewn a great partiality towards our heroiee ; and, only a few months before, be had received a letter from her, in which she warmly expressed a wish to eee her, and requested that Mr. Woodfield would suffer her to go on a visit of a few months to her house. This, Mr. Woodfield had, at the time, declined, for he could not bear the thought of a separation from bis niece, bat now, when he saw in it the only means of accomplishing his wishes, he determined to make a sacrifice of his feelings to necessity. , Mrs. Montmoreacy, the person alluded to above, was the widow of a naval officer, who had greatly distiaguished himself in the cause of his country, and who, when he died, left her sufficient property to keep her and her daughter in comfortable if not affluent circumstances. She took up her residence near Scarborough for the benefit of the sea-breeze, as her health had been for some time past in a very delicate state; and she kept up a regular corre- spondence with Mr. Woodfield, for whom she ‘elt much respect. Mrs Montmorency was a very accomplished and amiable woman, and it was therefore with a degree of confidence he could make up his mind to entrust Angelina to her care, stating the circumstances under which she came, and not doubting but that, by the advice of Mrs. Montmorency, and the chnnge of scene and society, the experiment would be atiended with the most beneficial results, it was with the greatest reluctance Mr. Woodfield broke his design. to Angelina, and her anguish at the thoughts of even s temporary separation from those dear friends with whom she had been frem childhood, may be better imagined than language could pourtray it. Angelina had neve: been, even for the shortest time, away from home, and the idea of a separation at present, although she knew enough of the amiable character of Mrs. Montmorency, from what she remembered herself, and what had been told ber by Mr. Woodfield,) filled her bosom with the utmost melan- choly, She could not also help thinking that there was something crael in the determination Mr. Weodfield bad come to, and notwithstanding he assured her that he did it all for her good, and that they would meet again in a very short time, she could not persuade herself but that some heavy calamity was ia store for her, which would render that circumstance abortive. Laura was almost as much affected as our heroine, for she was most ardently attached to her; she entreated her father-to suffer her to accompany her cousin, but this he ebjected to, alledging as a reason that he could not dispense with her domestic services, against which argument Laura, of course, could uot urge the least objection. But there were more reasons thaa one why the latter was anxious to accompany Angelina on her visit to Scarborough, she deeply sympathized with her in her affection for Hugh Clifford, and she was anxious to be with her, aad to offer her all the ceasolation in her power. | We will pass over the morniog of separation, (which was, indeed, ta Ange- Ung and her friends, a most melancholy one,) and place the former ia the COL @ NOOKS ACO