ABSTRACT
The quantity of rain which had fallen, rendered the roads almost impassable; and the feeble state of Mademoiselle de Sevrac's health, required more than ordinary care in their mode of travelling: added to these circumstances, the cabriolet was in so shattered a condition, that it would scarcely resist the shaking over the rugged roads, and the rapidity of the torrents which frequently foamed across them. The melancholy prospects which occupied the Marquis's mind, and the encreasing despondency of Sabina's kept them silent; each ruminating on the same painful subject, without either venturing to claim the sympathy of the other.
