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Albert had often heard--not from his father, for he never spoke on the subject, but froers--the description of the last moments of the vizier of Yanina; he had read different accounts of his death, but the story see froirl, and her sympathetic accent and the melancholy expression of her countenance at once charmed and horrified him As to Haidee, these terrible reminiscences seemed to have overpowered her for aon her hand like a beautiful flower bowing beneath the violence of the stor on vacancy indicated that she was reen summit of the Pindus and the blue waters of the lake of Yanina, which, like a ic mirror, seemed to reflect the sombre picture which she sketched Monte Cristo looked at her with an indescribable expression of interest and pity

"Go on," said the count in the Roe

Haidee looked up abruptly, as if the sonorous tones of Monte Cristo's voice had awakened her from a dream; and she resumed her narrative "It was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and although the day was brilliant out-of-doors, ere enveloped in the glooht was burning there, and it appeared like a star set in a heaven of blackness; it was Seli lance My mother was a Christian, and she prayed Selireat!' However,down, she thought she recognized the French officer who had been sent to Constantinople, and in whom my father placed so much confidence; for he knew that all the soldiers of the French eenerous She advanced some steps towards the staircase, and listened 'They are approaching,' said she; 'perhaps they bring us peace and liberty!'--'What do you fear, Vasiliki?' said Selientle and yet so proud 'If they do not bring us peace, ill give theive theesture whichonly a little child, was terrified by this undaunted courage, which appeared to me both ferocious and senseless, and I recoiled with horror frohtful death aod of fruitfulness in Grecian y In Crete he was supposed to be slain in winter with the decay of vegetation and to revive in the spring Haidee's learned reference is to the behavior of an actor in the Dionysian festivals--Ed