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"I will it!" said Paulo, with decision, and, taking the letters, he left

the room with a firm and resolute step

He found Natalie in her roo, and thus did

not turn to receive hiout into the garden, her head supported by her hand

The events of the previous evening had e in her She

now felt older, more experienced, ht happiness, a dark power had threateningly approached

her; the seriousness of life had been suddenly unfolded to her and

had brushed off the ether-dust of harmless and joyful peace from her

childish soul The happy child had becos had sprung up within her The first tears of

sorrow had, with a

blossoms of her heart into existence and activity, and her unconscious

feelings had becohts

But what had not happened, what had she not experienced and felt since

last evening? First, had not a new happiness broken in upon her, had

she not now a name, was she not a princess? Then, had she not achieved a

triumph--a triumph in the presence of Corilla? But then, also, how many