I may therefore acknowledge without restraint, that to relinquish your society was very painful to me: But such was the will of a Parent, and I dared not disobey.

I die without repugnance: There are few, who will lament my leaving them; There are few, whom I lament to leave.

Among those few, I lament for none more than for yourself; But we shall meet again, Ambrosio! We shall one day meet in heaven: There shall our friendship be renewed, and my Mother shall view it with pleasure!' She paused.

The Abbot shuddered when She mentioned Elvira: Antonia imputed his emotion to pity and concern for her.
'You are grieved for me, Father,' She continued; 'Ah! sigh not for my loss.

I have no crimes to repent, at least none of which I am conscious, and I restore my soul without fear to him from whom I received it.