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Soon after his arrival, he ordered his gondola, and, with Cavigni, went

out toMadahtful E she saw,

endeavoured to enliven her; but reflection had not, with Madame Montoni,

subdued caprice and ill-humour, and her answers discovered soher, and withdrew to

a lattice, to amuse herself with the scene without, so new and so

enchanting The first object that attracted her notice was a group of dancers on the

terrace below, led by a guitar and souitar, and another, who flourished a tarace and gaiety of heart, that

would have subdued the goddess of spleen in her worst huures, soondolieri,

others as minstrels, while others see in parts, their voices accompanied by a few soft instruments At a

little distance frouished

the verses of Ariosto

They sung of the wars of the Moors against

Charlene, and then of the woes of Orlando: afterwards the ed, and the ic of his grief was assisted by all that Italian htened by the enchantive Eht the pensive enthusiasm; her tears flowed

silently, while her fancy bore her far away to France and to Valancourt

Each succeeding sonnet,sadness than the last,

seeret she saw the

musicians move on, and her attention followed the strain till the

last faint warble died in air She then remained sunk in that pensive

tranquillity which soft music leaves on the mind--a state like that