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Rh therefore, she did not, for she dreaded every subject likely to awaken his feelings. One thing had resulted from the meeting of great satisfaction to her, which was an ameliorated sensation towards Lady Anne, because she had permitted the visit of her children to the unknown stranger, thereby softening the tedium of many a painful hour to one party, and imparting to the other her own happy pronunciation of the Italian tongue, in many of its most charming ariettas, as Isabella gave proof when they sate round the blazing fires of evening during a journey in which incident abounded more than comfort, and was one of constant solicitude on behalf of the youngest traveller. All went eventually well with them; they were neither "toppled down headlong from a precipice, nor buried 'neath an avalanche;" and Glentworth grew better the more dangers they encountered, and difficulties they contended with. He frequently joked Lord Allerton on compelling his bride to pass through the rough paths of her new life, the first, in order that she might find all the rest of it comparatively smooth, but the latter regretted much that they had undertaken it at such a season, and, in truth, all were heartily rejoiced, when they found themselves set down at Meurice's Hotel in Paris, where they determined to rest for a time; indeed,