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feverish curiosity turned to the new and unknown star Corilla stood

al by her side; but his tender

words were not coed in her soul

The solicitations of the curious Roent,

and Count Paulo, unable longer to resist them, finally consented to

leave the decision to his ward, the young princess herself

And Natalie? She was so real and ingenuous a child of Nature that she

felt no timidity in the presence of this crowd; she was so full of

faith and confidence, so full of trust and huive a little pleasure to these good people who approach me

with such warm sympathies? And why should I tremble before them? Did not

Paulo tell arden, and it was

onlyat me with human faces?

Well, then, I will so think and feel, and speak only toCarlo with a charuided by his hand, she hastily

ascended the steps And as they saw her there upon the stage, this

delicate, lovely maiden--as they looked upon her spiritual maiden

beauty, with the childlike expression of her noble features, with eyes

that beamed with pleasure and inspiration--there arose such a storhtly trembled, and with a sweet smile she said

to Carlo: "The people here are arden, but they are not so melodious, and it almost saddens the

heart!"