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Updated: July 14, 2025
Having ceased to sing, her fingers wandered over the lute in melancholy symphony, and for some moments she remained lost in the sweet sensations which the music and the scenery had inspired. She was awakened from her reverie, by a sigh that stole from among the trees, and directing her eyes whence it came, beheld Hippolitus!
Her imagination, invigorated by opposition, heightened to her the graces of Hippolitus; her bosom glowed with more intense passion, and her brain was at length exasperated almost to madness. In Julia this sudden and unexpected interview excited a mingled emotion of love and vexation, which did not soon subside.
Julia added, that Ferdinand had been immediately separated from her; and that, for some hours, she had been confined in the apartment where Hippolitus found her. The Count with difficulty concealed his terrible apprehensions for Ferdinand, and vainly strove to soften Julia's distress.
'United in sentiment, are we also united in misfortune? Julia answered with her sighs, and their tears flowed in mournful sympathy together. At length Cornelia resumed her narrative. 'My father, struck with the conduct of Hippolitus, paused upon the offer.
Grant me but this request that at this hour to-morrow night, I may return hither to receive my doom. Julia having consented to receive Hippolitus and Ferdinand, they quitted the closet. In turning into the grand gallery, they were surprised by the appearance of a light, which gleamed upon the wall that terminated their view. It seemed to proceed from a door which opened upon a back stair-case.
They traversed the district of Albano , where is still shown what is believed to be the tomb of the Horatii and the Curiatii. They passed near the lake of Nemi and the sacred woods that surround it. It is said that Hippolitus was resuscitated by Diana in these parts; she would not permit horses to approach it, and by this prohibition perpetuated the memory of her young favourite's misfortune.
If I wished even to deny the partiality I feel, it would now be useless; and since I no longer wish this, it would also be painful. Hippolitus could only weep his thanks over the hand he still held.
The keys of the grand door, and those of the courts, remaining in the possession of Robert, the marquis was certain of the intended place of their departure; and was thus enabled to defeat their hopes at the very moment when they exulted in their success. When the marchioness learned the fate of Hippolitus, the resentment of jealous passion yielded to emotions of pity.
'Come, my love, said he, 'the keys are ours, and we have not a moment to lose; our delay has been unavoidable; but this is no time for explanation. Julia, almost fainting, gave her hand to Ferdinand, and Hippolitus, after some short expression of his thankfulness, followed. They passed the door of madame's chamber; and treading the gallery with slow and silent steps, descended to the hall.
Cornelia ceased, and Julia, who had listened to the narrative in deep attention, at once admired, loved, and pitied her. As the sister of Hippolitus, her heart expanded towards her, and it was now inviolably attached by the fine ties of sympathetic sorrow.
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