My approach had been wary, and the silence that ensued my call had likewise preceded it; a circumstance that tended to dissipate my fears.
"At length it occurred to me that Judith might possibly be in her own room.

I turned my steps thither; but she was not to be found.

I passed into other rooms, and was soon convinced that the house was totally deserted.

I returned to your chamber, agitated by vain surmises and opposite conjectures.

The appointed hour had passed, and I dismissed the hope of an interview.
"In this state of things I determined to leave a few lines on your toilet, and prosecute my journey to the mountains.