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some moments. during which she seem-
ed to betray much emotion, she knelt
upon the grave, and unconscious of
observation, seemed to be indulging in
all the luxury of grief.

Dame Morgan gazed upon her with
astonishinent. Her appearance, for
she seemed to be above the middle
rank of life,—her being alone, evidently
in search of the grave to which the
stone had directed her steps— her grief,
and apparent earnestness, when she
knelt upon it,—were indeed circum-
stances calculated to excite no ordinary
degree of interest ; particularly in one
so nearly concerned, in whatever might
relate to the Evelynn family, as was

Dame Morgan.

Fearful