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Excerpt from The Priory of Saint Mary, Vol. 1 of 4: A Romance Founded on Days of Old
Though at first alarmed at the soli tude of their situation, their fears were for a time forgotten as they contem plated with delight the enchanting scenery that surrounded them, and nu consciously they continued to advance till they found themselves within sight of a stately castle, which, though so near the Priory, they had never till that hour beheld: as theyseated them selves to contemplate its awful beauty and rest from their fatigue, the sound' of many voices, not' far distant/broke suddenly o'n the ear of Gertrude Mou bray; who, alarmed at the idea of eu countering strangers, besought the Lady Mary to return. There needed' little entreaty to induce ber't'o' accede to the proposal 5 for her alarm was no' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
