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, my plan, and, by giving yourfelf away too inconfi- derately, laid up a fund of eternal forrow lor two . hearts, which might have been rendered happy by , the mod inviolable love !”
i He ended this complaint with fitch vifible marks of real defpair, that Blanch was touched with his . condition, and no longer doubted his innocence,
[ which at firft gave her fome joy ; but akerwaidt,
flung with the conftdcratinn of her misfortune, “ Ah, Sir! (faid fhc to the prince) after the ctuel determt- , nation of our fate, you increafe my affliction by letting me know that you were not guilty ! What have I done! Unfoitunatc that I atn 1 my refentment h s betrayed tne ! I thought mvfelf abandoned, and in revenge accepted of the conllablc’s hand, which was picicnlcd by my father! fain guilty of the.crime, and have been the cattle of our mu ttal mis-hap! Alas! while I accufed you of having deceived me, it was I, too credulous lover! it was 1 who broke tlrofe bonds which I had fwovn to keep for ever inviolate! Revenge yourfelf, Sir, in your turn.—Hate the ungrate*
I ful Blanch :—forget her.” “ Ah, madam 1 (laid Henriquez, interrupting Iter with a melancholy air) how (hall I find means to tear from my heart a pal- Con, which even youi injullice cannot extihgmlh ?” —“ You mult however, Sir, make that effort(replied Siffredi’s daughter, ftghing.) “What! are you capable of that effort yourfelf ?” (laid the king). “I I cannot prumife to fucceed ; .infwcrcd fhc) but I will fpare no pains in the endeavour.” “ Ah, cruel Blanch ! (laid the prince) you will rafilv forget Hen* tiqitez, fmee you are able to form futh a defign :'* “ And what ran you expc£l ? (replied fttc, in a more rclolute tone) Do you flatter yourfelf, that I will allow you to continue your addrelfcs? No, Sir, abandon that hope. Though I was not born to be a queen, heaven never formed me to liflrn to dilhonourablc love. My hufband, as well as you, Sir, is (iefeend- ed from the noble lioule of Anjou; and if my duty
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