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'To my dearly-beloved brother Jeronymo! he stammered out, and replaced the glass with a shudder. "'That was my murderer's voice! exclaimed a terrible figure, which appeared suddenly in the midst of us, covered with blood, and disfigured with horrible wounds. "Do not ask me the rest," added the Sicilian, with every symptom of horror in his countenance.
An absence of four years, far from cooling this passion, had only served to inflame it; and Jeronymo returned to the arms of his intended bride as faithful and as ardent as if they had never been separated. "The raptures occasioned by his return had not yet subsided, and the preparations for the happy day were advancing with the utmost zeal and activity, when the bridegroom disappeared.
'Who knows how your son Jeronymo may be situated? Let him now hear the voice which he heard the last. Desire your son Lorenzo to call him. "'What means he? whispered the company to one another. Lorenzo changed color. I will not deny that my own hair began to stand on end. "In the meantime the monk approached a sideboard; he took a glass of wine and carried to his lips.
Jeronymo del M and Antonia C had been brought up together, and the little restraint imposed on two children, whom their parents were already accustomed to regard as destined for each other, soon produced between them a connection of the tenderest kind; the congeniality of their tempers cemented this intimacy; and in later years it ripened insensibly into love.
Messengers were despatched after him, vessels were sent to sea in quest of him; no person had seen him. None of his servants were missed; he must, therefore, have gone alone. Night came on, and he did not appear. The next morning dawned; the day passed, the evening succeeded , Jeronymo came not.
"What happened further?" said the prince, with a very dissatisfied countenance. "The family felt convinced that Jeronymo was no more. From that day forward they publicly announced his death, and went into mourning. The circumstance of the ring left no doubt, even in the mind of Antonia, and added a considerable weight to the addresses of the chevalier.
"Your assurance that I have made you happy repays me very fully, since your happiness is my tenderest concern. Believe me, dear lady, you may ever count Jeronymo de Samoval your most devoted and obedient slave."
We found ourselves at seven o'clock near the mouth of a creek leading to a small lake, called Aramana-i, and the wind having died away, we anchored, guided by the lights ashore, near the house of a settler named Jeronymo, whom I knew, and who, soon after, showed us a snug little harbour where we could remain in safety for the night.
'To the memory of our dear Jeronymo! said he. 'Let every one who loved the deceased follow my example. "'Be you who you may, reverend father! exclaimed the old marquis, 'you have pronounced a name dear to us all, and you are heartily welcome here; then turning to us, he offered us full glasses. 'Come, my friends! continued he, 'let us not be surpassed by a stranger.
'Is not the lot of my dear Jeronymo, said he, 'made sufficiently miserable by the horrors of a long captivity, that I should yet add bitterness to his cup of grief by stealing from him all that he holds most dear? With what conscience could I supplicate heaven for his return when his wife is in my arms?
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