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'Nor shall she now,' said the marquis 'What--ealth, honor, and

distinction, are laid at irl--a very baby, who knows not good from evil, cries, and

says she cannot love! Let er may,

perhaps, out-run discretion, and tempt me to chastise your

folly--Attend to what I say--accept the duke, or quit this castle for

ever, and wander where you will' Saying this, he burst away, and

Julia, who had hung weeping upon his knees, fell prostrate upon the

floor The violence of the fall completed the effect of her distress,

and she fainted In this state she remained a considerable time When

she recovered her senses, the recollection of her calaain overwhelround, and moved towards her own apartallery, when Hippolitus entered

it Her treht at a

bannister to save herself; and Hippolitus, with all his speed, was

scarcely in ti The pale distress exhibited

in her countenance terrified hi

it She could answer him only with her tears, which she found it

i herself, tottered to

her closet Hippolitus followed her to the door, but desisted from

further importunity He pressed her hand to his lips in tender