Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 193: what you’re looking at

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180 ANGELINA; OR, been kept completely in doors, whereas the delicate state of my aoare much required such a recreation to restore me to convalescence. ‘¢ My mother was not at all suspicious of the truth, and readily assented» requesting, however, that I would not walk too far, in case I should be over- come by fatigue, and lay myself up again. ‘s This I promised to obey, and joyfully set forth, filled with expectation and anxiety. I soon reached the place where I had appointed to meet Gilbert, _ and found him already there. We rushed into each other’s arms with a cry of frantic delight, and our meeting was of that extatic description, which lan- guage would fall short of in pourtraying. For some moments we were de- prived of the power of speech, and could only mingle our tears of joy with each other. You may, probably, consider, Miss, that I acted impridently, in thus making a secret assignation with a man, when my father had refused to en- courage him ; but when the impetuosity of my love is considered, and the unjust opposition which my father made to my union with the object of my choice, and who was every way deserving of me, I am confident that you will ex- cuse me. | , . | “ ¥ will not repeat all that passed at this brief interview—all the tender | things we uttered—the mutual vows of constancy which we pledged to each | other, and the resolution we formed to try, by every means we could suggest, ! to avert the union we dreaded ;—for were I to do so, I sheuld become tedious: | suffice it to say, that before we parted, Gilbert had so far conquered my ob- jections to do anything contrary to the wishes of my father, and had used such powerfal arguments to prove that he was exercising an undue authority, that I yielded an assent to elope with him on the following evening, agreeing to be- come secretly married to him, and thus crushing at once the designs of Rufas. We arranged everything in a short time, Gilbert had saved a small sum of money, and it was, therefore, agreed that he should have a vehicle in rea- diness, at a short distance from the residence of my parents, in which he was to convey me to & female friend, with whom I might stay until the ceremony could be settled on the following morning. Having thus concocted our plans, dusk the next evening was the time agreed upon for us to meet; and filled with impatience for it to arrive, and reiterating our vows of constancy, we parted. ** Jt was with the ufmost difficulty I could conceal the agitation under which I suffered, on my return home, from my mother. It sincerely grieved me to have to quit her roof for even a short time, and for her sake J hoped that all would turn out for the best, and that ultimately everything would be amicably arranged to the satisfaction of all parties. I made an excuse to retire to my chamber early, but I had but little rest that night. My time was fully occu- pied in getting together such little necessaries ag I might want for my use, and in writing letters to my father and mother, in which I begged them to forgive me for the clandestine manner in which the power of my love, and the oppo- sition of my father had urged me to leave them, and to give my hand to the ‘only man who ever had, or could possess my affections, and expressed a hope that they would receive us as their children. & * The next day appeared intolerably long to me, and my mind was violently comichbooks LOnns