Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 84: what you’re looking at

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THE MYSTERY OF ST, MARK’S ABBEY. 71 me of the only small ray of hope and consolation, under this dreadful per- secution.” | Another thought also occurred to her which was equally as painful as the rest that at that moment tormented her; perhaps the poor woman would have to suffer for her kindness, and thus she would be made the innocent cause of bringing misery to another as well as herself. . In a state of mind completely indescribable, sne traversed both the rooms, and knew not what todo. The day seemed to pass unusually quick away, and as‘the shades of evening began to gather fast around, so did her apprehen- sions increase. The least noise made her start and look fearfully around her, and often did her disordered fancy conjure up the most frightful phantoms to her imagination, and she could almost believe she saw the hideous faces of fiends and ghosts grinning in at the casementsa upon her, and seeming to mock at, and glory in her terrors, and anguish. It must not be imagined that, notwithstanding the mind of Angelina was so occupied with this painfol and afflicting event, her thoughts never returned to the handsome stranger, and to the circumstances under which she had last seen him. She did think of it, and when she remembered that it was proved beyond all possibility of a doubt that he with whom she had been so strongly preposeessed, was the captain of a gang of smugglers, she felt a sentiment of disappointment and regret, for which she was quite unable to account. ‘* J wish I had had an opportunity of returning him the miniature,” she sighed, “‘ for should he think that ——” She was unable to finish the sentence, but taking the miniature from her bosom, where she had kept it ever since the fatal night on which she had been forcibly dragged away from her home, she gazed attentively upon it, and a tear involuntarily came to her eye. The expressive and handsome eyes, seemed to look up into her countenance appealingly, andin spite of what she had seen, she was ready enough to dismiss from her mind anything to hia disparagement, and to admit the idea that he was the victim of circumstances, and was not following bis present lawless life from choice, but necessity. Night had now set in, and ‘Angelina had lighted her lamp, and stirred up the fire in the grate, for the air was pretty keen, and the room would have had a miserable and cheerless appearance without. She then once more carefally ‘surveyed the apartments, and after committing herself to the cure of Omui- potence, she took up a book and tried to divert her thoughts from the gloomy subject which at present occupied them, by reading; but this was a fruitless task, and she soon laid it down again, and walked to the window and looked out, It was a clear night, and she could see for a long distance over a large tract of hilly country. For a few minutes her mind was estranged from everything else in the contemplation of this scene, but at length feeling the night air blowing rather too keenly upon her, she left the window, and returned to her seat. Encouraged by the stillness.of all around, Angelina felt her mind gradually becoming more firm and calm, and she once more took up the book and began reading it. The subject was one of a deeply interesting nature, and it kept her attention wholly engrossed, until she heard the hour of eleven chime forth from the bell in the old tower, and feeling sleepy and tired, she once more prayed to heaven for protection, and breathing a blessing @ COL OO SS (CO)