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Anna Lefroy  Maria's voice? Ah! Who? The heart of every sympathetic reader repeats, Ah, Who?Vain Echo! vain sympathy! There isno meeting – no Murmur – No Maria –It is not in the language power of language however potent; nor in that of style, however diffuse to render justiceto the astonishment of Mr . Gower – Arming him self with a mahogany ruler, which some fatality had placed on Maria'swriting table, heand1 calling repeatedly onher beloved Name, he rushed forwardto examine the adjacent apartments —In the Dreſsing room of his lost one he had the melancholy satisfaction of picking up a curl paper, and a gust of wind,as he re entered the Boudoir, swept from the table, & placed at his feet, a skeinof black sewing silk – These were the only traces of Maria!! Carefully locking the doors of these now desolate rooms,burying the key deep in his Waistcoat pocket, & the mystery of Maria's dis-- appearance yet deeper in his heartof hearts, Mr . Gower left his once happy

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