Page:Clermont - Roche (1798, volume 4).djvu/300

 confined herself to her chamber; and, acquainted as he was with every avenue in the castle, he found it no difficult matter to steal to her unperceived by any of the family.

His letter, which St. Julian, in the full conviction of his fidelity, imparted to Lafroy, was immediately shown by him to D'Alembert. For leaving him so abruptly, Lafroy apologized to St. Julian by saying he wished to be alone in his chamber, in order to consider what was to be done.

D'Alembert, on reading the letter, struck his forehead in a frenzy, and exclaimed that all was lost. Lafroy, however, soon convinced him to the contrary. The conversation which passed between him and Madeline, and which has already been related, sufficiently explains his plot.

St. Julian, instead of meeting a friendly guide at the extremity of the forest, as he