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me only; that she had never felt for Zumio more than an emotion of preference, but that she had a real passion for me!

What! cried I, do you love me for myself? Are you certain ambition has no—

How could you dare think it? interrupted Rosamond: banish such suspicions, my lord, they are insults. I never had other ambition, than that of pleasing you; and, if you had no palace but a cottage to offer me, I should prefer you to all the kings and genii of the universe.

Imagine the transports I must receive at hearing an answer like this in the Palace of Truth. How much did I congratulate myself on the possession of this palace, which procured me happiness so pure! for, said I, could I have persuaded myself any where else, there was nothing exaggerated in such a reply.

I tore myself from Rosamond only to give orders for the nuptials, which were to be celebrated on the morrow. The news soon resounded through the palace. As for Arpalisa, she had known the charm above a fortnight, and

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