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84 ELLEN PEECY ; OR, THE MEMOIES OF AN ACYEESS. - ©Ob, why ous pieces of mechan- ri ie tile Fema ie |} ie teccing of tl eee Ce ot finned gis : elegantly fur- | wont to continue for some few minutes after the weg as ai —_ elock had finished striking; and there I stood re- ee as. A them. While thus occupied, my eyes bed !"—for her ledyship was completely dressed, | garding a yast as she was when I had parted from her "| iaeas i thn ie ees Bein stood eRe Nae athe ceetiase dial Boece | to have ever noticed before. It was of the purest Radt ae’. ai the uisitely cut, and enclosed in a little web- with me,” she said: nd nee eee = a oe But EE ae chased ; and there was a cover of the same metal Norethelon . The phial, which was barely c ay pws pag lig ry a | = Gogee Dame was ear fall of a fluid, clear fear i 7 indeed like the mihi p I ean ssfely promise not to disturb | mere Se Sp oot Se eae a thdrew: and to my ality some choice perfume. Ina word, the ornament f scontngly sin ee upon was altogether so beautiful that I could not help bed-room, eee So ely 3 Pee | a che tones N an- | 3 recollecting that I was intruding in a way that ehamber door, af which I tapped gently. No y "8 a . “a ewer was given. I was ip aialy sa gem pny oo By aces a repleced here Am eee f the | the bed to see if Lilla was still sleeping. Yes—she eee Tecan yay ep abana slumbered on as sweetly and serenely as before: chs codt ike net eee the chiming Eat the Bmore bet at ae rather than disturb unsea- | I glided forth noiselessly from the room aa hours. I =e te sae tah the | ane with all possible bch —and returned soe ae door glided Lilla hamber, well pleased at having sleeping; = and apd epec = aed as that | [myself that Lady Lilla had evidently recovered of an infant. sg Lagann ay naman wrt fs indisposition experienced during the be ealing ag ple [a Lag eo 8 MNES breakfast-table, I did not cht aid Be et ae ce tell her that I had penetrated into her room that “The las I deemed if She now Sele euied. over the ora aud the plow wha | -muaal’ as ‘dl =n Grex; bot the BAM aihasend ei, Bal ee erat: ing | thank me for my kind attentions during the night; inetd ayaa palpi | hemp pete es the sounds of moaning and co lagin cat! Prete pee wae cl had called me from my couch and my upon her e Nothing could =a, |e es leek tt tae ‘a pares ghecaad feo flor honakieey ‘Gd alia tied St eens Ew AREY Fethough she lay sleep- | den for an hour or two: we then entered the par- ee yale” Wael eee ; lic | lour to read or work until luncheon time. After Se Safe fPSR EPI eat ee SPOS mee? SBE or ; aes rey ereature; and there was Something so Kis y og scar a cigs nage serene, so innocently tranquil in this profound | specti oat ae x Wea sinple—ea bal sleep of hers, that if was impossible to believe Lek svi et oth ba ptt “ait sa: sae are dqringhs ee. of to ey TE the room, when I "beard hasty foot- ark crimson proaching the door, af which some one ya aay Sarge gue par iee in a quick and sind manner. I imme- Aap ing . A | diately answered the summons; and Lilla’s lady’s- ei ge ea tatue or | maid, who looked ve and agitated, ex- ; fi ool te ae ribndy was al imal © For ELA ree come quick, Miss picture, for sev minu - 3S the point of retiring as softly as I had entered, when | oe ~ aoe ead ket rae Rap oe eee ae clock upon the mantel-piece | Mal at ae Apa agi «dyes began chiming the hour of eight with its silver | go rian d — atts a Ae. bell. It was one of those ingeniously contrived ome oe ars ere =" pieces of French or Genevese mechanism, which at i aE oe ea cay the period of striking set in motion several pretty oe ee = at pee ie ars! being Regen St see ond women inp beller alee y maid become under the dial—anrd which place in the present $0 ully arco pid instance represented a rural scene where soveral| —- 2 one a eee peasants were cancing. Seema “nite cgi ee wee i rz mail, L 2 the sur- Lady Lilla’s room; and I now advanced to the| “And let ome of the servants run for mantel-piece to contemplate the evolutions of the — PPO ze ‘ little automatons of scarcely an inch high, and pa ae pa site ett - cag which were exquisitely fashioned and coloured so | ase ae water, : Lapp & as to represent male and female peasants of a Swiss forehead, 3 previously prop ate: as De ee va peepee: bands, that made me thus pause on the present occasion : as Darb.e; maid reappeared, accom He ae COUN Ebooksscom