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castle; she seemed absent, and I had remarked, with uneasiness, she had appeared so for two days; and that she was less tender than usual; yet I could not suffer any great uneasiness, because my ring preserved its usual colour. After a moment's silence, Agelia said, You ought, since every thing is possible to your art, to sink these mountains, and make those rocks vanish; for I find the landscape is overcharged, and the eye has no relief; you have multiplied your cascades too much; those precipices terrify the imagination, and the noise of torrents, and the roaring of the sea, give pain.

What then, Agelia, cried I, sighing, have these places ceased to please? these scenes, which you thought so charming? Well, then, since such is your will, they shall vanish, though to me they are dear; for here it was Agelia first promised to unite her destiny to mine.

Agelia made no reply; but gave me her hand with a look of tender passion: I kissed it with transport. At this instant, she fixed her eyes

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