"Emily, somewhat tranquillized, proposed returning to the chateau, and then, for the first time, recollected that the Count had invited Valancourt thither to explain his conduct, and that no explanation had yet been given. But, while she acknowledged this, her heart would not allow her to dwell, for a moment, on the possibility of his unworthiness; his look, his voice, his manner, all spoke the noble sincerity, which had formerly distinguished him; and she again permitted herself to indulge the emotions of a joy; more surprising and powerful, than she had ever before experienced."

Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho. A Romance.
[Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jacqueline Howard. Penguin Books: 2001, p.628]