Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 156, Vevay, Switzerland County, 7 November 1834 — Page 1
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!; r'.f i" t;,.. ii-,-li..i .Ili.-m'KMwl Irt him !:. ti.l I in seenm!. who came III still greater run- spoUe. Will onr hii'liricss. airt
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swerahlc for vour thoughts. " lVesumptnous'has scared you thus? Oh! my lord, said Jn-j will reward onr bravery hut now contin
iil iin! cried Manfred, dost thou provoke my jquez. Deigo has seen such sights! our highwrath? fell mc; how hast thou escaped from j nr-ss would not believe your eyes What new above? thon hat corrupted my guards arid , absurdity is this? cried Manfred, give mo a di-
thfir lives shall answer for it. My poverty,' reel answer, or, by heaven Why, my lord, if
aid the peasa: t calm!)', will diaculp-ito them:. it picas" your highness to hear mc, said the
CONTI.VIEU Words cannot paint the horror of the princess's situation. Alone in so dismal a place, Iicr mind imprinted w ith all the terrible cvcr.tsoflhc day, hopeless of escaping, expecting every moment the arrival of Manfred.
find far from tranquil 0:1 knowing she was j
within reach ot somebody, she knew not whom, who for some cause seemed concealed thereabouts; all these thoughts crowed oa her distracted mind, and she was ready to sink under her apprehensions. !She addressed herpelf to every saint in heaven, and inwardly implored their assistance. For a considerable time she remained in an agony of despair.
At last, as softly as w as possible, she felt for the door, and having found it, entered tremblingly into the vault from whence she had heard the sigh and steps. It gave her a kind of momentary joy to perceive an imperfect ray
of clouded moonshine gleam from the roof of
the vault, which seemed to he t.illen in, and from w hence hung a fragment of earth or building she could not distinguish which, that appeared to have been crushed inwards. She aJvanced eagerly towards this chasm, when she discerned a human form standing close against the wall.
She shrieked, believing it to be the ghost
though the ministers of a tyrant's wrath, to
thee (hey arc faithful, ami but too willing to execute (he orders which you unjustly imposed upon them. Art thou so hardy as to d; re
my vengeance? said the prince but 'orture
poor fellow; Deigoand I Yes, land Jaquez, cried his comrade. Did not I forbid you to speak both at a time? said the prince: you, Jaquez, answer; for (he other fool seems more
distracted than thou art; what is the matter?
will know (by accomplices. 1 here was my accomplice! said the youth, smiling, and pointing to (he roof. Manfred ordereJ the tor
ches to beheld up, and perceived that one of
the checks of the enchanted casque had forced its way through the pavement of the court, as his servants had let it fall over the peasant, and had broken through into the vault leaving a gap through which the peasant had pressed himself some minutes before he was found hy Isabella. Was that the way by which thou didst descend said Manfred. It was, said the. vouth. lint what noise was
that, said Manfred, which 1 heard as 1 entered
the cloistet ? A door clapped, said (he peasant; I heard as well as you. What door? said Manfred hastily. I am not acquainted with your castle, said the peasant: this is the first time I ver entered it; and this vault the only part of it within which I ever was. But I
tell thee, said Manfred (wishing to find out if
the youth had discovered the trap-door.) it was this wav 1 heard (he noise: my servants heard
jit too My lord, interrupted one of (hem officiously, to be sure it was the trap-door, and he was going to make his escape. Peace ! block-
of her betrothed Conrad." The figure advan-l,lca, said l,he l"ce an-rily; if he was going
shall force the truth from thee. Tell me, iMy gracious lord, said Jaquez, if it please
yc'r highness to hear me;Deigo and I nrcor
ding to your highnees's orders, went to search for (he yoiiislady; t heing apprehensive that we might rnCit (he ghost of the young lord, 'nr torrl.n'oee'e son. God rest his soul! as he
has nnUrccircd christian burial Sot.! cred jhchaviour had shocked her mother, she has Manfred in rage, is it only a ghost then that ll0t bcen with s since your highncs summonthou hast seen'? Oh! worse! worse! my lord,:e(i I' to )ur apartment. Tell me where
ueu lie Willi a sigh, 1 am so circumstanced, (hat dare trust no eyes hut my own; however, gie you leave (o accompany me.
Matilrcri. when he first Jollowed Isabella from the gallery, had gone directly (o (he apartmciil ol his wifi-, concluding the princess had retired (hither. Ilippolita, who knew hisslep, rose with anxious fondness to meet her lord, whom she had not seen sinre (he death of (heir son. She would have flown in a tzansport mixed of joy and gref to his boom, but lie pushed her rudely oil, and said, Where is Isabella ? Isabella ! my lord ! said the astonish
ed Ilippolita. Yes: Isab'-lla, cried Manfred imperiously; want Isabella. My lord, re
plied iWatilila. who perceived how much hi
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voting peasant, whom ne iiiongui coiuianu siPinauon. opr.in our ui ; on .11 .1 nine, sun "j " .. u.;. 1. .. ,,,, .. . ( m Tfl.T).. wiio oy I tippotita s order had rc-
u:id.-r the fatal luhnrt! Traitor! said M in-. Manfred ; 1 a?lc you where is liie pi incess f ,qn -' m.uo.iy: 1 tear no iau ang.-i. at:; 1 f ire, ,0 i,cr ypartinvnt, was ill disposed (o (red how earnest (hou here? I (bought thee in! We do not know, said they both together: haw; oJhmded no gov) one. Your behavior take any rest. The fhockh-.g faip o! i.e r bioduranre. above i:i t!ie court. 1 am no traitor, ' but we are frightened out of our wits. So I above our seeming, sahl Manfred, viewing 1;,, ,;;, le,.ply aiK-rtcd her.' She wasMirretdied the ou:i" man boldlv. nor am I an-. think, blockheads, said Manfred; what is ithirnwitii snrpri-e and aiimiratiou : hereafter j prised at not seeing -abrlla .- but the strai
words w hich had fallen from her father, and his obscure menace to the princess, his wife, accompanied by the most (urious behaviour, had filled her gentle mind with terror ai d ;-
'arm. She waited anxiously for the return of liianca, a ying damsel (hat attended Iter, whom she had scr.t lo learn what had becomn ofAabell-i. Bianra soon appeared, and informed her mistress of w hat she had gathered from the servants, that sabella was no w here (o he found. She related (he adventure of (lie young peasant, who had been dieovcrcd in the vault, though with many simp!c!additions from the incoherent accounts of the domesticsand she dwelled principally on (he gigan(ie leg and foot which had been seen in the gallery-chamber. The lat circumstance had terrified liianca so much, that she was r--jo:ccd when Matilda told her that she would watch till the princess should rise.
cried Dei go: I had rather have seen ten whole
ghosts. Grant me patience! said Manfred; those blockheads distract me. Out of my sight, Deigo! and thou, Jaquez, tell me in one
word, art thou sober? art thou raving? thou
he is, s-.iid the prince; do not want (o know
where she has been. Mv good lord says Ilipnolita, your daughter tells you the truth: Arabella left us by your command, and has not
returned since; but, my good lord, compose
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n.nct ..'nnt tn bun enmn cnn.o ; has the other iVOUTseu ; retire 10 your rest; mis dismal day
sot frightened himself and thee too? speak; jhas disordered you. sahella shall wait your
what is it he fancies he has.' Why, mv lord, joruers in uic morning, u nar men, you Know
cing, said, in a submissive voice, Be not alarm
ed, lady; I will not injure you. Isabella, a
little encouraged by the words and tone ofj
to escape, how should he come on this side? I will know from his own mouth what noise it was I heard. Tell me trulv: thy life depends
voice of the slranger, and recollecting that !.n thy veracity. My veracity is dearer to me
this must be the person who had opened the,tna,,,m " e' sa,d, lle Peasant; nor wouia 1 door, recovered her spirits enough to rePlv,'P,,rfse lhe o forfeiting the other. InSir, whoever you are, take pity ona wretched deed -vounS ph'losopher! said Manfred conprinces, standing on the brink ofdestruction: emptuously ; tell me then what was the none List me lo escape from this fatal castle, or in 1 hfrd ? As,k mft n w-wer, sa.d he, a few moments I may be made miserable for !nd P01, to dca(h 'nantly if I tell you a I.e. ever. AIas!saidlhe slranger,whatcanIdo Manfred growing impatient a he steady vato assist you? I will die in your defence; but! fr and '"difference of the youth, cried, Well
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I am unacquainted with the castle, and want "'n v";?a T" TfT' il " Oh! said Isabella, hastily interrupting thc "P door & heatd--It him, help me but to find a trap-door that"'d J Jou h- Jt was'.satd the pr.nce; an u-l, ;t :. ik m,iotfr. how didst thou come to know there was
must be hereabout, and it is the greatest ser
vice 3 0U can do me, for I have not a minute to lose. Saying these words, she felt about on the pavement, and directed the stranger to search likewise for a smooth piece of brass
trap door here? I saw thc plate of brass by a gleam of moonshine, replied he. But what told tkee it was a lock? said Manfred; how
didst thou discover the secret of opening it?
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enclosed in one of the atones. That, said she, 1 "V" "ciiverra mc .rom iik ..e mei,
is the lock, which opens with a spring, 0fjw'! ' U1 lo u.reramc otnc pr.ngoi a,o which I know the secret. If we can find that, ;"l,drhe- 1 rov,,3fnce should have gone a lit-
I mav escape; if not, alas! corteous stranger,! we ',n ,er an'J nKve Plac?? "e o 01 uie 1 ft.:,; I shall have involved vou in mv mtsfor- reach of m' resentment, said Manfred: when
tunes: Manfred will suspect you for the accomplice of my flight, and you will fall a vicfim in his rpeentmpnt. I value not mv life.
-i.t lintlmnaor :inrt it will bp crmp rnmf irt i riot pUTs
to lose it", in frying to deliver vou from his Why didst thou shut the trap-door
ivrannv f pnf roin von t h ! said Isabella, how I ....v... uov.v...-v. ..... ..v., .,. .
shall I ever requite
Providence had taught thc to open the lock, it abandoned thee for a fool, w ho did not know how to make use of favors. Whv didet thou
ue the rath pointed out for thy cs-
replied Jaquez trembling, I was going to tell
your highness, that since the calamitous misfortune of my young lord, God rest his precious soul ! not one of us, your highncss's faithful servants, indeed we arc, my lord, though poor men ; 1 say, not one of us has dared to set a foot about the castle, but two together: so Deigo and I, thinking that the young lady miglit be in the great gallery, went up there to look for her, and tell her your highness wanted something to impart to her O blundering fools! cried Manfred: and in the mean time she has made her escape, because you were afraid of goblins! Why, thou knave! she left me in the gallery; I came from thence myself. For all that she may be there still for aught 1 know, said Jaquez; but the devil shall have me before I seek her there again: poor Deigo! I do not believe he will ever recover it! Recover what said Manfred; ami never to learn what it is has terrified these rascals.' but I lose my time; follow mc, slave; I will see if she is in thc gallery; For heaven's sake my, dear good lord, cried Jaquez, dc not go to the
gallery: fcatan himseu t seiievc is in thc chamber next to the gallery. Manfred, who hitherto had treated the terror of his servants as an idle panic, was struck at this new cir
cumstance. He recollected thc apparition of the portrait, and thc sudden closing of the door at the end of thrt gallery; his voice faltered, and he asked with great disorder, What is in the great chamber My lord, said Jaquez, when Deigo and I came into the gallery, he went first, for he said he had more courage than I. So when we came into the gallery we found nobody. We looked under ev
ery bench and stool; and still wc found no
where she is.? cried Manfred: tell mc direct
ly, for will not lose an instant- and jou, woman, speaking to his wife, order your chaplain to attend me forthwith, sabella said Ilippolita calmly, is retired, suppose to her chamber: she is not accustomed to watch at this late hour. Gracious my lord, continued she, let me know what has disturbed you Has sabclla offended you Trouble me not wilh questions, said Manfred but tell me where she is. Matilda shall call her, said the princess
Sit down, my lord, and resume your wonted fortitude. What, art thou jealous of sabella replied he, that you wish to be present at our interview Good heaven's my lord, said Ilippolita, what is it your highness means
Thou wilt know ere many minutes are passed; said thc cruel prince. Send your chaplain to me, and wait my pleasure here. At these words he flung out of the room in search of sabella ; leaving the amazed ladies thunderstruck, with his words and frantic deportment, and lost in Tain conjectures on what he was
meditating. Manfred was now returning from the vault attended by the peasant and a few of his servants, whom he had obliged to accompany him. He ascended the staircase without stopping.
till he arrived at the gallery, at the door of
which he met Ilippolita and her chaplain. When Deigo had been dismissed by Manfred, he had gone directly to the princess's apartment with the alarm of what he had seen. That excellent lady, who no more than Manfred doubted of the reality of the vision, yet affected to treat it as a dclirum of the servant. Willing, however, lo save her lord from any
additional shock, and prepared by a series of
body. Were all the pictures in their places Igrief not to tiemble at any accession to it, said Manfred. Yes, my lord, answered Ja-jshe determined to make herself thc first sac-
quez: but we did not think of looking behind I rifice, if fate had marked the present hour for them. Well, well! said Manfred, nrocced. I their destrurt ion. Dismissincr tbp rpbirtnnt
shp uttered thee ! might ask you, my lord, said the peasant, how When we came to the door of the great cham-j Matilda to her rest, who in vain sued for leave aot um-iiii ioc- !.,.,, " . i -.i . i I it r i i . . I . . . . . .
wo-d a rav of moc,nhine streaming through ' 'y unacquainted wun your castic, w as j ui r, lonwnueu jaqucx, wc lounu u snui ;nu to accompany tier mother, and attended only a cranny of thc ruin above, shone directly on i ,0 know that those steps led to any outlet? jCould not open it said Manfred Oh! yes, by her chaplain, Ilippolita had visited the galthe hvk thev sought Oh! transpo-t! said Is- but 1 scorn to evade your questions. Wherev-,my lord; would to heaven wc had not! replied Iery and great chamber; and now with more abel! i' her is lhe trap-door! and taking out l'r ,,,05e S,CPS ,cd to, perhaps 1 should have ',he: nay, it was not I neither, it was Deigo; jsirenity of soul than she had felt for many
the kev.
touched
d thc spring, which start-jt xl,,orcd lhe way 1 could not be inawor :d an iron ring. Lift up ;'n than 1 was. Lut the truth is, fl
orse he was grown fool hardy, and would go on,
ing aside, discovered an iron ring. Lift up r ' - - , - U b. . UV ' . . " the door, said thc princess. Thestranger trap-door fill : your immediate arrival lo - door that is shut, aga,n--Tr.fle not, sa.d ManLcved; and beneath appeared some stone, 1 had xn ,hc, !1,i,r"V :wh,!,t tmPQ s,dJiR h ; you saw in
teps jne;
hours, she met her lord, and assured him that the vision of the gigantic leg and foot was all a fable; and no doubt an impression made by fear, and the dark and dismal hour of the
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te' - de-cend;rc into a vault totally dark, i 1 e w ueiner i;i snmi n nnn'iu: i-iiui.imuu un upv-mn uiu unui. i . i nigui on me minus 01 i. is servants, one and Vvofeuirt co down here' said Isabella": follow j sooner or a minute later? Thou art a resolute j my lord! said Jaquez, saw nothing; was be- the chaplain had examined the chamber, and
dark and dismal as it is, wc cannot miss v,.,jv., .... ... . -- --- ,uu,u c c'-' u, 1,1 UIC usu,u UIUCI'
Manfred, though persuaded , like his wifo,
that the vision had been no work of fancy, recovered a little from thc tempest of mind into
which so many strange events had thrown
Ashamed fno r.fhic inhuman lri:itmotil
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Manfred's race-onlv let me know to whom s "1I"C,11 " "w "ap uoor, antt began to no:. i;.go nai no sooner op.-neu uic uoor, of prlnrcss, who returiied every injury with 1 am so much oU:eed 1 will never quit you. bcat oa the Pltcc of ,,r: covered it; than he cried, and ran hack-- ran back too,jnciv marks of t.Iult,rnc,s and duty. nc fclt rc.
straiu'er riipprlv. until 1 have t)lacf:d 1 t? ,u l!"-"H': niv.- -. ""'-s m.j,.. turninr love ore ns? (se f nto is eves .-hut
sain ue.go, ami his nairstood an end; it is a nnlw.1,i1 :ltT-rin r lp K,rrSntn :aP
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our wav; it loads directly U thc church ofj""-1'"11' 'M,fF111 "" ",' a m eimi ioue oi voice; leu Cl k 'i. ... ,! Ip.1 tt.P m inrp'me: thou ha-t not vet tola me how thou didst ! me, adjure thee by thc soul of my ancestors,
That will show you, mvlwhat was it thou sawest what was it thou
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vice: in a few minutes I shall be safe from!,;l1?,'5lo,P:e had fallen f.iim above, he; was not , replied Jaquez; only heard the hlm.
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nor t:.ink me, princes, more j 1'" n I'n-if " '!''u' J'"':" l'J am; though vou re mv prin-fr--scss of the youth, staggered A-u-
in-.. . are The. !.an-cr was interrupted bv Jred. lie even tell a disposition tow ards par-
i,,,!.! 1 1 . ni.eof voices ti;at seemed approach- jdoning one who had been guilty ot no crime
eau; i:s?
you in sa(ct) generous i'lan I
ICS-, n noise Ol voices ;mu srnii'.-u .ippiu.ii n-1-- n r i and thev soon distinguished these words: M"lred was not one of taose savage tyrants c not tome of necromancers: I tell you W,M :i"ton in cruelty unprovoked. 1 iie en must he in the cn.-tle; 1 will find her jn cum,t.mresefhis fortune h id given an asper
ins. Tal the
fpiie of ei.cliantii'.ent Oh I heavens, cried Isiibrlia, it is the voice nf Manfred! make haste cr " c are ruined! and shut the trap door after you. Saj ing this, she descended the steps precipitately ; and as the stranger hastened to fellow Iv r, he let the door slip out cf his hands: it fell, and the spring closed over it. He ricd in vain to open it, not having observed I -a hi 1 la's nu-'.hod of tfiiih"ui tl.c spring;
giant, believe : h is all cl id in armor, for
saw his foot and part of his leg, and they are
as large as (he helmet below in the court.!
against whom he was inwardly meditating a yet more bitter outrage,- he curbed (he vear-
i liim rC hie hn.'vf rinrl tWL nf . I r, I.. . n
, -III I I I I I r" mv'.i nun unc mil iiiiii; IUM.HII , A, ,.e said these words, my lord, we heard n , ; VCI1,owards pity. The next transition of his
.uiriji imuuuii, .. ' "" ""S ' jyoul was to exquisite villainy. I
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ity to Ids temper, which wasnaturally humane;
atid his virtues were always ready to operate,
when his passions did not obscure his reason.
While the prince w as in this suspense, a ronfucd noise ol" voices echoed through fr!ie distant vaults. As the sound approached, he distinguished thc clamors of some ufhisdo mestics, whom he. had dispersed through the castle in search nMsabella, call'-i out where
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The noire of ti. T i'.dhng door had been heard ' Madrcd,a thev came nearer; have you found
by Manfred who, directed by llie sound, has the princess The tst that arrived replied.
that he beheves (he giant was
length on (he floor. Before, we. con
resuming on
tore:! t'd'hw, attended bv his servants with
It mu-t be Is ;bt!h, eiied Manfred.
tori.Of bo fore bv the
have g far.t! th pr::icc,
l tc the vault; J.e
u'lii rr.iiea!i ?, i"i
is scaping
. !n " she eantioi
the a -toi!ishiint
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lhe
Dh! mv h rd! m glad we have found .yon
Found me! said Manfred.;, have you found the nrinresr Wp tiiought we had, my hud, said
is.-, r i'ow. lookin? terrified -but But what
f rird the prince; has she escaped -Jaquez anj !,p.v lord Vcs, I uad Doigo, ijj'enup
(hp linshnkpn. iilimi.im'i nf 1 1 i fin.ht-i l :.f
since, that he Deheves (he giant was lying i,;ms,f ,fl,f 1 ' .t . -
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i .u !1,cy" ,l was n,i pleasure, in endeavoring to
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, ,- . i , i .. , persuade Aanell a to give him Iver hand bu door ol the great chamber clap behind us.;' , , - , , b, . , ... . . , j-i . i . ii. -.- .i re lie could indulge his horrid hope, he re but we did not dare turn back to sec 1 1 the (v . ,i. . , . . . ' r . - , f ,, . .... . ., uccled that sabella was riot to be found. giant was following us; ct now think on it, r- i- i,- i i .i . . . , -rii.i j doming lo himself, he give orders (hat every we must have heard hinv if he had pursued us I.. vr,.,'. . , , , ,. ., - I.. , . . i , .avenue to lh castle should be stnrMr euar-
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mi iiui iit;iiii;ii39iiiii;, uT 'wv,,iTluu,eilil-.l..i . i i i i i .. . - . r ,. , . - ,, Ti . ded, and charged his dotrie ics on oiaaoJ (heir for the chaplain, and have the castle cxoreis- i In t,T , t ,. , , 1 , i I , ' hies to stiller .looo'ly (o p.is-j out. I he young ed, for. for certain, it is enchanted. Av, pray ,,..,.. f ,n ., , i ,- , , , ... . i i, .i , . - 1 peasant, to w -horn lie spoke lavorab v, he ordo, my lorn, cried nl the tenants at once, or! i,,..,,,! , : mi i .i ,i .-, i 'deied to rem. mi in a sina chamber on the wemu-l leAvc your highness sservtce. Peace v,.i;,.t ,, . . ' , , , . i . i , 1 i r ii i .,, r't,,,- m which there was a pallet-bed, and dotard! &aid Manfred, and lollow me; wi I ,i. ir i u i , ' .. ,, . . , , , i. .i .if . , '(hekpyot which he took awav himsc f. ti I
Know wi'.iii an mis means we: my lord i;,, ., .i" . ,i u , , . - . . , , ,. .. . , . hng the vouth. he would talk with bun in the cried they w.th one voice we would not go up )0nii ; Th,n hi, attendants, to the gallery for your rovciiuc.ium, hesowi a fUlU. kmd of half-nod UipThe young peasant, who had stood eiloal, now j,, ,lc rtlfrcd lo Wts 0n chamber.
The young princes wenird herftlf in mn-
jcturc on th flight nf .alp!l.i, and oa th
threats of Manfied to lier mother. But what bie:.ness could he have o urgent with the chaplain? aid Mdii'id. Doc he intend to have mv brother's body iniered privately in the cli.ipt'-. -Oh! Madam, -aid hi inca, now guess. As you are become bis heiress, be i impatient to have you married : he hag al way been raving for more iions; I wariant he is now impatient fr grand, son. A ehurea I live. Madam, I shall see you a hfide at last Good Madam vou won't rat off your faithful Bianca: you won't put Donna Bosnra over me, now you are a great princes. My poor Bianca, paid Matilda, how fast your thoughts ramble! I a great princes! What hast thou eeen in Manfred' behaviour since my brother's death (hat bepeak any increase of tenderness to me? No, Bianca; bis heart was ever a stranger to me; but be is my father, and I must not complain. Nay, if heaven ihuts my father' heart against m. il overpays
my little merit in the tenderness of my mother O lhat dear mother! yen, Bianca. 'tis there I
feel the rugged temper of Manfred, I can support his harrhnefi to me with patience; but it wounds my soul when I am witne to his causeless feverity toward her. Oh! Madam, said Bianca, nil men uie their wives so, when thev are weary of them. And yet you congratulated me but now, said Matilda, when you fancied my father intended to dispose of me! I would have yo'j a great lady, replied Bianca, come what will. I do not w ih to ce you moped in a convent, as you would be if you had your will, and if my lady, yonr mother, who knows that a bad hutband ii butler than no husband at all, did not hinder you Bless me! wht noiie ii that? St. Nicholai forgive me! I was but in jest It is the wind, aid MatiIJa, whistling through the battlements in the tower above, you have heard it a thousand times. Nay, said Bianca. there was no harm neither in what I said: it is no sin to talk of matrimony and o, Madam, as was saying; if my lord Manfred should offer you a handsome yong prince for a bridegroom, you would drop him a curtsy, and tell him you would rather take the veil? Thank heaven! I
am in no such danger, said Matilda: you know how many proposals for me he hai rejected And you thank him like a dutiful daughter, iln you Madam? but come, Madam; suppose to-morrow morning he wn to send for you to lhe great council chamber, and there you should rind at hi elbow a lovely young prince, with large black eyes, a smooth white forehead, and manly curling locks like jt ; in short, .Madim, a young hero resembling the picture of the good Alfonso in the gallery, which you sit rnd gaze at for hours together Do not speak lightly of lhat picture, interrupted Matilda sighing: I know the adotation with which I look at that
picture i uncommon but I am not in love with a colored pannel. The character of that virtuous prince, the veneration with which my ni. thei has inspired me for his memory, the orison which I know not w hy ehe ha enjoined me to pour forth on hi totr.b, all have concurred to persuade me thst omehow or other rny destiny S linked w ith something lelating to him Lord L Madam, how should that be? said Bianca; 1 bane always heard that your family was
no way related to hi: and I am sure I cannot conceive w hy my lady, the prince??, emls you in a cold morning or a damp evening to pray at
Ins tomb: he i no saint hy the almanack. If you must pray, why doe he not bid you ad.liess yourself to our gicat St. Nicholas? lam ure he i the Mint I pray to for a hnband. I'eihins my mind would he les affected, said Matilda, if my mother would explain her icasnns to me: but it i the mytery she ob.erve, lhat inpues me wilh lhi I know not what to call it. As she never act fiom caprice, 1 nm me there i some fatal secret at bottom nay know llinc is; in her agony of grief for my brother' jleaih sh d.opj.ed on.e words that intimated as mm h Oil! dear Madam, rried Bianca, what weie they? No, said Matilda, if a parent let fall a .void, and wisho il lecaliid, il u not tor a child to utter it. What! wai the i-orry fr whit he had ai-l? asked B.anca. I am Hire, Madam, you may tinsl m With my n little ecret, when I have any, in y aid Mitlilria ; hut ucrtr with my aioihct'i: a child ougU to have
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