Now I am restless and miserable.

My former pursuits are abandoned, and I think only of you.

Despise me if you will after this frank avowal.

But believe that I would not have made it if I had not resolved to see you no more." "Despise you!" echoed Leonard.

"On no! I shall ever feel the deepest gratitude towards you; but perhaps it is better we should meet no more." "And yet you throw yourself in the way of Amabel," cried Nizza.