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“And let a maid thy pity share,
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Who seeks for rest, but finds despair
Companion of her way.”—Goldsmith.
Amanda had fainted soon after Colonel Belgrave entered the carriage, and she was reclining on his bosom1 in a state of insensibility when Lord Mortimer passed. In this situation she continued till they had gained a solitary2 road, when the carriage stopped, and water, procured3 from an adjacent cottage, being sprinkled on her face, she recovered; but either by arguments or actions she was now unable to oppose Belgrave. She felt a weakness through her whole frame, which she be[Pg 288]lieved the forerunner5 of death, and a languor6 on her mind that almost deprived it of the perception of misery7.
The refreshments9 offered to her she could only refuse by a motion of her hand; and in this manner they proceeded till about nine o’clock at night, when they entered an extensive wood, in the very centre of which stood Colonel Belgrave’s mansion10. He carried Amanda himself into it, and laid her upon a sofa in a large parlor11. Some female domestics appeared with drops and cordials, to try and recover her from the almost lifeless state in which she lay. One of them presented a letter to the colonel, which excited no little perturbation in his mind. It came express to inform him that his uncle, whose estate and title he was heir to, lay at the point of death, and that his presence was immediately required.
The colonel was not so absolutely engrossed13
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