AUTHOR OF THE ROMANCE OF THE FOESRT, ITC. ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER-PLATES, THE FOURTH EDITION. IN FOUR VOLUMES. Fate fits on thefe dark battlements, and frowns, Her voice, in fullen echoes through the courts, VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1799. MYSTERIES OF UDOLPH O. CHAP. I. "Where'er I roam, whatever realms I fee, My heart untravell'd still shall turn to thee." GOLDSMITH. THE carriages were at the gates at an early hour; the bustle of the domeftics, paffing to and fro in the galleries, awakened Emily from haraffing flumbers: her unquiet mind had, during the night, prefented herwith terrific images and obfcure circumftances, concerning her affection and her future life. She now endeavoured to chafe away the impreffions they had left on her fancy; but from imaginary evils fhe awoke to the consciousness of real ones. Recollecting VOL. II. B 1 |