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 which shook my frame, I enquired for her. 'She is well (said he), but the Earl is indisposed; and, without exciting suspicion in the servants, she could not leave him:'—this excuse pacified me. Another day arrived without bringing her; two more followed, and still I saw her not. I then again began to be alarmed: 'I have been deceived I fear (said I); if Geraldine was well, she would surely have contrived some method for seeing me: to-night, though I rush into the arms of destruction by doing so, I will terminate my suspense.'

"Accordingly as soon as the monk came, I told him my determination of seeing her; he looked shocked, and endeavoured to oppose it; I hastily interrupted him—'No (cried I), I am resolved this night to know whether or not I have been deceived.' As I spoke, I rushed by him; and, with a velocity which mocked pursuit, fled through the intricate passages of the castle, nor stopped till I reached the chamber of Geraldine, which I gained without meeting with a