[The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mysteries of Udolpho CHAPTER III 9/14
Emily followed slowly in the carriage. On the way, St.Aubert asked his companion what success he had had in the chase.
'Not much, sir,' he replied, 'nor do I aim at it.
I am pleased with the country, and mean to saunter away a few weeks among its scenes.
My dogs I take with me more for companionship than for game. This dress, too, gives me an ostensible business, and procures me that respect from the people, which would, perhaps, be refused to a lonely stranger, who had no visible motive for coming among them.' 'I admire your taste,' said St.Aubert, 'and, if I was a younger man, should like to pass a few weeks in your way exceedingly.
I, too, am a wanderer, but neither my plan nor pursuits are exactly like yours--I go in search of health, as much as of amusement.' St.Aubert sighed, and paused; and then, seeming to recollect himself, he resumed: 'If I can hear of a tolerable road, that shall afford decent accommodation, it is my intention to pass into Rousillon, and along the sea-shore to Languedoc.
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