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Rh in his dreams, that it should be utterly destroyed. "Alas, my brother!" thought she, "we are alike in this—each must part from the first idol which the heart set up; and each, too, with a deep sense of its unworthiness, and a late, sad knowledge of the falsehood of our early creed!"

A stronger affection seemed born of the conviction. Each was yet left to the other—Italy still remained; and Francesca fell asleep, and dreamed of returning to all the hopes, pleasures, and scenes of her childhood.