THE A Romance. IN FOUR VOLUMES. BY LOUISA SIDNEY STANHOPE, AUTHOR OF MONTBRASIL ABBEY; THE BANDIT'S BRIDE; STRIKING THE Confessional of Valombre. CHAP. I. What a state is guilt, When every thing alarms it! 'like a sentinel Who sleeps upon his watch, it wakes in dread, Even at a breath of wind. HAVARD. THE accustomed revelry of intemperance had closed the dangers of a successful enterprize, and most of the banditti had reeled to their several couches, when Montauban, less inebriated, quitted the council-hall. As he ascended the staircase leading to his own chamber, a figure glided swiftly past him, whispering as it VOL. IV. fled |