The Mysteries of Udolpho

I have solicited to see you this evening, that I might, at least, be spared the further torture of suspense, which your altered manner had occasioned me, and which the hints I have just received from the Count have in part explained.

pastoral supper of cream and fruits was often spread beneath it

loved the soothing hour

heart was occupied

Here, too, he loved to read

loved to sit in the fine evenings

opened upon the grandeur of the mountains,

cedar, they enjoyed their simple repast, made

beautifully adorn the bosom of these mountains

To this spot he had been attached from his infancy