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Ah why did Fate his steps decoy / In stormy paths to roam, / Remote from all congenial joy! / - Beattie
Emily, meanwhile, was still suffering anxiety as to the fate of Valancourt; but Theresa, having, at length, found a person, whom she could entrust on her errand to the steward, informed her, that the messenger would return on the following day; and Emily promised to be at the cottage, Theresa being too lame to attend her.