I will shew my Emily, that I can practise what I advise.

I have said thus much, because I cannot bear to see you wasting in useless sorrow, for want of that resistance which is due from mind; and I have not said it till now, because there is a period when all reasoning must yield to nature; that is past: and another, when excessive indulgence, having sunk into habit, weighs down the elasticity of the spirits so as to render conquest nearly impossible; this is to come.

You, my Emily, will shew that you are willing to avoid it.' Emily smiled through her tears upon her father: 'Dear sir,' said she, and her voice trembled; she would have added, 'I will shew myself worthy of being your daughter;' but a mingled emotion of gratitude, affection, and grief overcame her.

St.Aubert suffered her to weep without interruption, and then began to talk on common topics.
The first person who came to condole with St.Aubert was a M.Barreaux, an austere and seemingly unfeeling man.

A taste for botany had introduced them to each other, for they had frequently met in their wanderings among the mountains.