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Rh ever being relaxed. I have felt it from that hour, and I fell it still, and no matter what hopes I realize, or what successes I attain, that wasting pain remains, till eventually it will consume itself."

We had now arrived at the summit, and here, in view of the snowy heights above and the tranquil lake beneath, were a few graves, covered over by unhewn stones, bearing the names and other particulars concerning the sleeping forms they covered.

"There he rests," he said, pointing to the nearest.

I examined the others, and knew they were those of the lovers.

On our way back, he inquired if my parents were living. I answered in the negative, saying that they died while I was still very young, and that I scarcely remembered them at all.

On arriving at Unaloplo's residence we again parted, and he returned to the cottage, saying that he would call for me when about to leave Yacla. I found the Governor to be a quiet, reserved, and, comparatively speaking, young bachelor; yet he was kind and courteous. His tranquil disposition appeared to be more the result of meditation than caution, for he was a deep reader, a profound thinker, and more of a poet than a statesman.