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grounds, her father’s halls behind her, 
the vault of heaven fire-bespangled 
with myriads of stars above her, and 
hope, and life, and love, before her. 
44 Conscious that she was flying from 
sin and sacrilege, in an accursed and 
forced marriage, she trod firmly, and 
her step was elastic with youth and 
the excitement of doing a high and 
virtuous deed. It is true, that she 
brushed away one starting tear to 
the memory of her father; but she 
anticipated from that father not only 
an early forgiveness, but also a sincere 
benediction upon her marriage of 
principle and of love. 
44 1 see her moving over the lawn, 
