ABSTRACT
Early in the morning they all repaired to the cottage at the foot of the ascent; the peasant’s little boy was sitting at the door, and on seeing them advance from the valley, ran in to announce their arrival to the sick man, for the master of the cottage was gone to fetch his goats from the adjacent mountain. St. Clair proposed entering, with the Marquis, first; lest the object of their attention should be in a state, that might too sensibly affect the feelings of Madame de Sevrac and Sabina.
