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desillusions had she not experienced in a few hours? How had her heart

been cooled by the rich floords in Corilla's poesy! Her whole soul

had languished for the acquaintance of a poetess, and she had heard only

a rhymed work of art And then the last terrible event! Why had they

wished to murder her? Who were her unknown enemies, and why had she

enemies?

"I should have been dead had he not rescued me!" murmured she, and her

lovely face was illuminated by a sunny smile "Yes, without Carlo I

should have been lost--I have to thank him for sI am indebted to him, my friend Carlo! Ah, how

shall I ever be able to reward hi, Count Paulo, pale and silent, stood

behind her; she saw hie it is! To-day, when I think of him,like heavenly bliss, and yet at

the same time like profound sorrow Ah, what can it be, and why do I,

to-day, think only of hie it all is, and at the same time how sad! Seems it not that

I love Carlo more than any one else, more even than Paulo, who

formerly was the dearest to rateful to Paulo?"