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THE

MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO,

A

ROMANCE.

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Fate fits on thefe dark battlements, and frowns,

And, as the portals open to receive me,

Her voice, in fullen echoes through the courts,
Tells of a nameless deed.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. G. AND J. ROBINSON,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

MYSTERIES

OF

UDOLPH O.

CHAP. I.

"I will advise you where to plant yourfelves;
Acquaint you with the perfect spy o'the time,
The moment on't; for't must be done to-night.”
MACBETH.

EMILY was fomewhat furprised, on
the following day, to find that Annette
had heard of Madame Montoni's confine-
ment in the chamber over the portal, as
well as of her purpofed vifit there, on
the approaching night. That the cir-
cumftance, which Barnardine had fo fo-
lemnly enjoined her to conceal, he had
himself told to fo indifcreet an hearer as
Annette, appeared very improbable, though
he had now charged her with a meffage,
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concerning