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 see me, than he drew his sword, exclaiming, "I am villanously deceived; but thou monster of a man shalt not escape me a second time."

He then rushed upon me with the naked steel, and being unarmed, I called our to him, "For heaven's sake Fernandos desist from your murderous purpose, and hear me!" He now stood still, and with a woeful countenance looked up to the skies.

Meanwhile some loud cries are heard behind us; he looks round and descries Bernardos in the act of falling to the ground, wrestling with a person dressed in white, with a white veil over his face. We both hasten to our friend's assistance; the white figure keeps him down, and points a dagger at his heart, while the other hand gags his mouth with a handkerchief. Fernandos, in the first impulse of his fury, runs his sword through the body of my friend's antagonist. At this moment I recognize my Genius Amanuel, I hastily tear the veil off his face, and my favourite Alfonso lies bleeding at my feet.