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133 THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. cr rn aD I eould not: nor did I wish to do so: there ap- chamber, bewildered—act knowing what to think, te be no necessity now for such a serious I fell upon my knees, and prayed loag and tere step. Bat not a syllable fell from his lips retative ventlyto heaven, imploring that if this were menué. to tne incident of the pest night; and therefore I asa warning for any wise purpueec of concluded that it must have been ali a dream: for | the Omnipotent, some farther sign, might be voush- I could not bring myself to fancy that I had sees | safed to comvines me of its reality~-some sign thas an apparition—and if it were he in person, how | would leave no doubt behind, bat would be un- could he thus avoid making any allasion to the | questionably convincing. I rose fram my knees, tupic ?—for he must have known that I had opened | almost expecting that eamething of the kind would my window and seen him there. Assuredly, I | take place. I want again te the window, and lanked. The Countess paused and remained silent for | dismay me. I sought my couch; and some minutes. Mrs. Broughton made no remark: | it may seem, it is not the less @ fect she was deeply anxious to hear the rentainder of | slmost nmmediately visited my eyes. the narrative which had already acquired so pro-'| swoke in the morning, I did not remember haviag found an interest. dreamt of anything.” “The Earl took his leave of me that evening in| “ And did you not, dear lady, om thas. cosasion,” a cheerful and affectionate manner,” resumed the | asked Jirs. Broughton, pereciwing that the Countess Countess, — “whispering to me as he went away | paused again, “ speak to hie lordship on the mys- that we should soon be united no more to part. I | sterious subject ascended to my chamber: but when I reached ita | “No—I did not,” responded the Countess of, superstitious terror, vague and undefined, seized | Onstlomaine; “and I will tell you whereioee. He wpon me; and I instantaneously felt that if I were | came at the usual hour, and seemed so ebeerful and to seek my couch at once, I should vainly endea- vour to close my eyes—for that an irresistible fas- thought to myself, it was saught but a dream!” forth: but I beheld nothing more to startle thas my name pronounced. ‘ Priscilla f came frum the garden—no? lend, and unmistakable, in the Bari’s vos. ‘ Priscilia/*—the summons was repented. E started up wildly. ‘ Priscila ‘—a third time did my own name, thus sent up from the garden, reach my ears. Then it mast be Ae, I thought to myself: and my superstitious terrors vanished: but as I passed the misrér on my way to the casement, I caught sight of my countenance by aid of the wax-candles burning on the toitet-table; and I saw | myself once more assending to my chamber: I evedt that it was pele as death. And no wonder—for I | resolved to go to bed of once, and not lack forth been from the casement. But this determination I had ; CO IMULUG 5 DOO CS (COL