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Page 128
... Agatha raising her supplicating eyes to his countenance , read there that he not only forgave , but that the beauties of her person had ex- cited his admiration . The The terror which had agitated her by degrees subsided , 128.
... Agatha raising her supplicating eyes to his countenance , read there that he not only forgave , but that the beauties of her person had ex- cited his admiration . The The terror which had agitated her by degrees subsided , 128.
Page 131
... Agatha , that she would no more admit her lover , by a sudden mo- tion of which he was almost ignorant gently pressed her hand . The soft sure was returned- he looked at the nun - their eyes glowed with passion- he gently drew her ...
... Agatha , that she would no more admit her lover , by a sudden mo- tion of which he was almost ignorant gently pressed her hand . The soft sure was returned- he looked at the nun - their eyes glowed with passion- he gently drew her ...
Page 132
... Agatha yet more closely to his bosom ........ Just at that moment a distant pace was heard . The monk hastily looked around , as did also the nun , and beheld advancing through the gloom the form of the abbess . The monk shrouded his ...
... Agatha yet more closely to his bosom ........ Just at that moment a distant pace was heard . The monk hastily looked around , as did also the nun , and beheld advancing through the gloom the form of the abbess . The monk shrouded his ...
Page 133
... Agatha to be the next night at eleven in the convent cemetery , where he would meet her ; he then hastily retreated toward the chapel , and Agatha flew to her cell . But what they had supposed to be the abbess was nothing more than a ...
... Agatha to be the next night at eleven in the convent cemetery , where he would meet her ; he then hastily retreated toward the chapel , and Agatha flew to her cell . But what they had supposed to be the abbess was nothing more than a ...
Page 134
... Agatha had not been in the con- vent of Santa Catherina more than a year ; the ceremony of her taking the vows of seclusion were reserved to grace the approaching festival of the Santa Catherina . Whatever was the occasion of her being ...
... Agatha had not been in the con- vent of Santa Catherina more than a year ; the ceremony of her taking the vows of seclusion were reserved to grace the approaching festival of the Santa Catherina . Whatever was the occasion of her being ...
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Page 141 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her fathers.