horror that took possession of her whole frame when she was left alone in this dismal place, she foresaw not how many tedious years she was to exist in one still more horrid! When the discovery of her flight took place, when the house and out-houses had undergone a strict search, and the Baron, with his servants, were sat off, Agnes stole to her with refreshments, and conducted her to the little room assigned for the priest's use, in the Chapel where she passed the night, and indeed both day and night when the Baron was not at home; but as he employed many persons to scour the roads, she was obliged to remain in this painful situation, particularly as he had set a watch on all the neighbouring convents. At length the Baron set off on his journey to Suabia (Agnes concealed from Eugenia the illness of her father) and when he had been gone about three days, disguised in her masculine dress, her eye-brows blacked, and, with a pretended lameness in her gait, she repaired to the house of a peasant in the neighbouring village, where she hired a mise-
