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The castle of Mazzini was still the scene of dissension and misery

The i daily increased

by the lengthened absence of the duke, he dispatched servants to the

forest of Marentino, to enquire the occasion of this circuence that neither Julia, the duke, nor any

of his people were there He therefore concluded that his daughter had

fled the cottage upon information of the approach of the duke, who, he

believed, was still engaged in the pursuit With respect to

Ferdinand, who yet pined in sorrow and anxiety in his dungeon, the

rigour of the marquis's conduct was unabated He apprehended that his

son, if liberated, would quickly discover the retreat of Julia, and by

his advice and assistance confirm her in disobedience

Ferdinand, in the stillness and solitude of his dungeon, brooded over

the late calaloomy ineffectual lamentation The idea of

Hippolitus--of Hippolitus ination in busy

intrusion, and subdued the strongest efforts of his fortitude Julia

too, his beloved sister--unprotected--unfriended-- under sufferings dreadful to

humanity The airy sche froay visions of past happiness--floated upon his fancy, and the

lustre they reflected served only to heighten, by contrast, the

obscurity and gloom of his present views He had, however, a new

subject of astonishhts from their

accustoh

scarcely less powerful One night as he lay ru on the past, in