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 "I shall no longer dwell upon the conversation that passed between us, neither upon the agonies I fell into on being left alone; pity for Geraldine only prevented me from dashing my desperate brains out.

"The next day the monk came to me sooner than I expected. 'Alas! (exclaimed he as he advanced), the unhappy father of your wife has not yet drained the cup of misery!' I thought of no sorrow but that which the death of Geraldine could occasion. Starting, therefore, I wrung my hands, and cried—'She is dead! my wife is dead, and I have murdered her!'

'No (replied he), 'tis not his Geraldine, but the babe of his departed Elenora he has lost.

'On coming to the castle this morning, I was surprised to see Lafroy just entering the hall before me. I accosted him in rather an angry tone, and asked what had brought him to it without my permission? He soon assigned a sufficient reason for his unexpected appearance. On returning to the