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 "Never (cried she, addressing him), never again may I hear a storm so tremendous! I fear we shall have melancholy accounts tomorrow of the mischief it has done."

"I hope not (replied the Father); he, whose mighty spirit walks upon the careering winds, will, I humbly trust, prevent their fury from being destructive."

Madeline now enquired whether he heard the noise which had so much alarmed her and her companions. He replied in the affirmative, but said it had come from the gallery instead of the hall, and that he would now go up, and try to discover the cause of it, accompanied by Madeline. He accordingly ascended, and they soon discovered that it had been occasioned by the fall of the Countess's picture.

"Do you now, my child (said the Father), retire, and try to take some repose; for your spirits have been much agitated. I rejoice to hear that the rest of our noble friend has