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When Julia had rested, they followed the track before thee, where they obtained security and

refreshment But Julia, whose mind was occupied with dreadful anxiety for

Ferdinand, became indifferent to all around her Even the presence of

Hippolitus, which but lately would have raised her from misery to joy,

failed to soothe her distress The steady and noble attachment of her

brother had sunk deep in her heart, and reflection only aggravated her

affliction Yet the banditti had steadily persisted in affir that

he was not concealed in their recesses; and this circumstance, which

threw a deeper shade over the fears of Hippolitus, i of hope to the th forced her mind from this

sorrowful subject It was necessary to determine upon some line of

conduct, for she was now in an unknown spot, and ignorant of any place

of refuge The count, who treers which environed her,

and at the probabilities he saw of her being torn from him for ever,

suffered a consideration of theerous delicacy

which at this mournful period required his silence He entreated her

to destroy the possibility of separation, by consenting to becoed that a priest could be easily procured fro convent, ould confir

united their hearts, and ould thus at once arrest the destiny