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It was a sweetly painful hour--a farewell so tearful, and yet so full of

deeply-felt happiness On that very night was the count to commence his

journey to Liefland and Warsaw As they wished to e, the count needed the consent of his court and his family

Anna provided him with letters and passports The best and fairest of

the estates of the crown in Liefland was assigned to Julia as a bridal

present, and the count was furnished with the proper documents to enable

hi moment! For the last time they lay in

each other's arms; they mutually swore eternal love, unconquerable

fidelity--all that a loving couple could swear!

Tearing himself from her embrace, he rushed to the door

Anna stretches out her arms toward him, her brow is pallid, her eyes