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 bounded transport; his eyes also overflowed. After the first expressions of joy were a little abated, he told me, he had quitted the army, was arrived to take me from the convent, and desired I would be prepared to quit it the following morning, when he should call and settle for my pension.

"I cannot even now forget, nor yet account for, the universal tremor which seized me when I heard of my father's intention: I had many agreeable companions; I loved Miss D'Alenberg, and was honoured with her friendship, except which, I had nothing to regret: And surely my affection for her bore no proportion to the duty and love I owed to my father: Strange, therefore, that I should be shocked—should feel a repugnance, and even horror, at the thoughts of quitting the convent with a parent so dear to me. Alas! it was too sure a presentiment of all the evils that awaited me, and the moment when I left that peaceful abode, was the last of my tranquillity. When I gave my last embrace to my loved Theresa, and