This tender and lovely child hath not been confided to my care, without creating a parental solicitude in her behalf, and"-- he paused, and seemed to struggle with himself--"I have too long known the mild and womanly virtues of Donna Florinda, to witness with indifference her exposure to a near and fearful danger.

Abandon our charge we cannot; nor do I see in what manner, as prudent and watchful guardians, we may in any manner consent to this risk.

Let us hope that they who govern, will yet consult the honor and happiness of Donna Violetta." "That were to hope the winged lion would become a lamb, or the dark and soulless senate a community of self-mortifying and godly Carthusians! No, reverend monk, we must seize the happy moment, and none is likely to be more fortunate than this, or trust our hopes to a cold and calculating policy that disregards all motives but its own object.

An hour--nay, half the time--would suffice to apprise the mariner, and ere the morning light, we might see the domes of Venice sinking into their own hated Lagunes." "These are the plans of confident youth, quickened by passion.

Believe me, son, it is not easy as thou imaginest, to mislead the agents of the police.