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324 supper-table, and nothing more occurred that was extraordinary.

“The lapse of time could not efface or diminish our remembrance of Seraphina, but had its usual influence in lessening the impression of that evening’s adventure. Not long afterwards, I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with my dear friends Amelia and Maria, in whose society I have agreeably spent many an hour that would otherwise have been lost in painful reflections; and as to the remaining prophecies, whose fulfilment yet hung over us, I endeavoured to banish them as much as possible from my mind. You remember how beautiful and delightful that month of April was, after we first met together. It happened once, that, after walking beyond the usual hour, you had returned home, but still the evening was so pleasant, that I lingered alone in the gardens adjoining to our house. The pure blue sky above—the glowing tints of the west—and fragrant air, were so enchanting, that I quite forgot how the time past, till a bat came oftentimes whirling and chirping round my head, and served as a monitor that I ought to have been with-