At length, he said, in a trembling voice, 'My good friend, our acquaintance has been short, but long enough to give you an opportunity of shewing me much kind attention.

I cannot doubt, that you will extend this kindness to my daughter, when I am gone; she will have need of it.

I entrust her to your care during the few days she will remain here.

I need say no more--you know the feelings of a father, for you have children; mine would be, indeed, severe if I had less confidence in you.' He paused.

La Voisin assured him, and his tears bore testimony to his sincerity, that he would do all he could to soften her affliction, and that, if St.
Aubert wished it, he would even attend her into Gascony; an offer so pleasing to St.Aubert, that he had scarcely words to acknowledge his sense of the old man's kindness, or to tell him, that he accepted it.
The scene, that followed between St.Aubert and Emily, affected La Voisin so much, that he quitted the chamber, and she was again left alone with her father, whose spirits seemed fainting fast, but neither his senses, or his voice, yet failed him; and, at intervals, he employed much of these last awful moments in advising his daughter, as to her future conduct.