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Mr Van de Werve ordered his people to await hi those who indicated the gondola of Lopez de Galle, which was

prepared to receive him They threw a carpet across the plank upon which

Mary was to step in passing into the gondola Mary, her father, and

Geronimo entered the boat; the six oars dipped si arondola sped rapidly through the waves Swift as a fish and light as a

swan, it skih

the nu an open way down

the river Then the sailors exerted all their strength, as if to show the

beautiful young girl what they were capable of in their trade The

gondola, obeying the iiven it by the oarsracefully poised itself on the waves

caused by its rapid passage

Coondola; the sailors looked with tiirl Mary, with

downcast eyes, was persuading herself that Geronimo's uncle would

undoubtedly consent to their union The young ht,

and yielded by turns to joy, hope, and fear Mr Van de Werve contenificent spectacle presented by

Anthen seen at a distance, and which, with its lofty towers and

splendid edifices, rose from the river like another Venice