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tolling, and was informed that her true lover 

 had died of a broken heart. She was filled 

 with poignant remorse and grief, and fled 

 from the presence of him who had caused 

 her to perjure herself, and whom she now 

 hated and loathed. Notwithstanding all the 

 efforts of friends and relations to comfort and 

 restrain her, and their endeavours to persuade 

 her that regret was useless, she nightly 

 repaired to the grave, remaining there till 

 morning bemoaning her lost love. At 

 length, unable to bear the strain of excessive 

 grief, her mind gave way, and she informed 

 her friends that her former lover had come 

 to life, and that they walked and talked in 

 the Glen as of old, and that he had promised 

 to come and take her to a place where they 

 would never part. Naturally, all her relatives 

 and friends were most intensely alarmed, so 

 they determined to watch her carefully, but 

 she managed to elude their vigilance and to 



