One character in this work is rejected by his lover after amassing considerable gambling debts in Paris but is forgiven when Monsieur Du Pont proves he did it to help some friends.  
One character in this work is rejected by his lover after amassing considerable gambling debts in Paris but is forgiven when Monsieur Du Pont proves he did it to help some friends.  While burning letters at the command of her father, the protagonist discovers a portrait which a servant tells her is of the Marquise de Villeroi.  The protagonist of this work recognizes a nun as Lady Laurentini after recognizing her from a portrait, and earlier, she discovers blood on the steps of a tower in which her aunt dies after refuses to sign over her estates to her husband.  The protagonist is abducted twice by Count Morano, who is wounded in a sword fight, but in the end, the protagonist marries Valancourt and Signor Montoni is captured by the Venetian authorities.  Following Emily St. Aubert, FTP, name this Gothic novel by Ann Radcliff.
One character in this work is rejected by his lover after amassing considerable gambling debts in Paris but is forgiven when Monsieur Du Pont proves he did it to help some friends.  
The Mysteries of Udolpho