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— Gray.
Conrad, Abbot of Cloister-Curwald, toElizabeth, the Widowed Countess ofTorrenburg[1].
1. The real name is Toggenburg; but as thiswould have sounded harsh in English ears, I havetaken the liberty of softening it a little; and inseveral parts of this work I have changed thenames of places and personages entirely.
Your resolution, noble Elizabeth,to remain in cloistered solitude, passingyour hours in tears for your husband’s2loss, and in prayers for the repose of hisspirit, is dignified