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Is all the council that we two have shared, / the hours that we have spent, / When we have chid the hasty-footed time / For parting us -- Oh! and is all forgot? / And will you rend our ancient love asunder? / - Midsummer Night's Dream
In the evening, when Emily was at length informed, that Count De Villefort requested to see her, she guessed that Valancourt was below, and, endeavouring to assume composure and to recollect all her spirits, she rose and left the apartment; but on reaching the door of the library, where she imagined him to be, her emotion returned with such energy, that, fearing to trust herself in the room, she returned into the hall, where she continued for a considerable time, unable to command her agitated spirits.