If this should be ineffectual, it would not be difficult to divert suspicion from my person.

The secrecy that I had practised would be justified, in the apprehension of those to whom the personal condition of Clemenza should be disclosed, by the feelings of a father.
"Meanwhile, it was an obvious expedient to remove the unhappy lady to a distance from impertinent observers.

A rural retreat, lonely and sequestered, was easily procured, and hither she consented to repair.
This arrangement being concerted, I had leisure to reflect upon the evils which every hour brought nearer, and which threatened to exterminate me.
"My inquietudes forbade me to sleep, and I was accustomed to rise before day and seek some respite in the fields.

Returning from one of these unseasonable rambles, I chanced to meet you.

Your resemblance to the deceased Lodi, in person and visage, is remarkable.