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 way by which I can atone for my errors, and procure pardon for the death of those innocent persons that were sacrificed for me."

"I have no more to urge," replied the Count; "it is fit that I also should be a victim."

"By no means," exclaimed Eugenia;—"you have nothing to blame yourself for, you have committed no errors but pardonable ones, and I trust, my dear Count, that many, very many, happy years are in store for you: My tranquillity must, in some degree, be dependent on your's; return to the world, and to society, they have claims upon you: I hope you have here acquired a friend that may succeed in composing your mind; forget Eugenia, or if you remember her, think only that she is set off on a long, long journey, where you may at some distant period arrive also, and remember, that it is only her duty to Heaven, that she prefers to you."

Overpowered with her emotions, she rose, and with feeble steps she retired to another room.