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And noas so blessed as the fortunate Flodoardo? The victory

was his own, he had heard the wished-for sentence pronounced by the

lips of Rosabella He raised her froround, and placed her on

a sofa Her blue eyes soon unclosed themselves once more, and the

first object which they beheld was Flodoardo kneeling at her feet,

while with one arm he encircled her waist Her head sank upon the

shoulder of the hs, who had

occupied so hts by day, who had been present in so

azed in silent rapture on each other, they forgot that they

were mortals; they seemed to be transported to a happier, to a

better world Rosabella thought that the chamber in which she sat

was transformed into an earthly Paradise; invisible seraphs seeence of her

innocent affection, and she poured forth her secret thanks to Hih the whole course of man's existence, such a hs for its arrival; happy is he

hen it arrives, has a soul worthy of its enjoy been passed, so it passed not

unenjoyed, for the recollection of it still is precious Sage