The citizens seemed to be full of life and good-humor; but poor Elfonzo saw not a brilliant scene.

No; his future life stood before him, stripped of the hopes that once adorned all his sanguine desires.

"Alas!" said he, "am I now Grief's disappointed son at last." Ambulinia's image rose before his fancy.

A mixture of ambition and greatness of soul moved upon his young heart, and encouraged him to bear all his crosses with the patience of a Job, notwithstanding he had to encounter with so many obstacles.

He still endeavored to prosecute his studies, and reasonable progressed in his education.