A Sicilian Romance

I have long observed, that Julia regards you with a partial eye.'

and he left an only son and myself to mourn his fate

The weakness of humanity is never willingly perceived by young minds.

they danced, I thought they exhibited a perfect model of the beauty of either sex; and if I mistake not, they are inspired with a mutual admiration.'

Ferdinand was as gay as the scene around him.

was, however, entirely speechless, and in this state he remained till he expired,

He now knew that innocent blood had been shed in the castle, and that the walls were still the haunt of an unquiet spirit, which seemed to call aloud for retribution on the posterity of him who had disturbed its eternal rest.

With a hand trembling through eagerness, he undrew the bolts, and was rushing forward, when he perceived that a lock withheld his passage.

before Julia believed that she was loved by Hippolitus, she was now confirmed in the sweet reality.

Since she was beloved by Hippolitus, she could only be happy.