Montoni's people, meanwhile, held Verezzi, who seemed inclined, even in this instant, to execute his threat; and Cavigni, who was not so depraved as to abet the cowardly malignity of Verezzi, endeavoured to withdraw him from the corridor; and Emily, whom a compassionate interest had thus long detained, was now quitting it in new terror, when the supplicating voice of Morano arrested her, and, by a feeble gesture, he beckoned her to draw nearer.

She advanced with timid steps, but the fainting languor of his countenance again awakened her pity, and overcame her terror.
'I am going from hence for ever,' said he: 'perhaps, I shall never see you again.

I would carry with me your forgiveness, Emily; nay more--I would also carry your good wishes.' 'You have my forgiveness, then,' said Emily, 'and my sincere wishes for your recovery.' 'And only for my recovery ?' said Morano, with a sigh.

'For your general welfare,' added Emily.
'Perhaps I ought to be contented with this,' he resumed; 'I certainly have not deserved more; but I would ask you, Emily, sometimes to think of me, and, forgetting my offence, to remember only the passion which occasioned it.

I would ask, alas! impossibilities: I would ask you to love me! At this moment, when I am about to part with you, and that, perhaps, for ever, I am scarcely myself.