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'You have iveness, then,' said Emily, 'and my sincere wishes for

your recovery' 'And only for eneral

welfare,' added Eht to be contented with this,' he resumed; 'I certainly

have not deserved more; but I would ask you, E my offence, to remember only the passion which

occasioned it I would ask, alas! impossibilities: I would ask you to

love me! At this moment, when I am about to part with you, and that,

perhaps, for ever, I am scarcely myself Emily--may you never know the

torture of a passion like ht be sensible of such a passion!' Eone

'I entreat you, Count, to consult

your own safety,' said she, 'and linger here no longer I trenor Verezzi's passion, and of Montoni's

resentment, should he learn that you are still here' Morano's face was overspread with a momentary cri to conquer his emotion, and replied

in a calard

it, and be gone But, before I go, let ain hear you say, that you

wishon her an earnest and mournful look