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 title he led her to the altar, where he received the ring, and the day after conummation faithfully retored it to her longing mother. The new-created Tetrarch no longer heitated to unfold the true hitory of the ring to the princes, his mother-in-law. He related fully how he acquired it by right of inheritance, as a relic of father Benno; and on this occaion he went fully into the hitory of the venerable hermit. Zoe returned this honet declaration with equal ingenuounes. She owned that he had deignedly left the ring in her glove at the ide of the Swans pool; adding, that father Benno had rightly unravelled the ecret ene of the hieroglyphic: it was no fault of hers that he did not repeat the viit to the pool; but the adventure was betrayed to her huband by a loquacious couin, who attended her on that occaion; upon which he flew into o violent a rage, that he got poeion of the magic veil, and tore it in his firt fury into a thouand pieces, by which her return to the magic bath was rendered