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Zumio, I regretted the rank and power which such a marriage would confer on your consort; Zumio, enraged, overwhelmed me with reproaches, and irritated me; I commanded him to leave me; you soon after appeared, and, unwilling you should know my thoughts, I determined to be silent. Scarce had you quitted me, ere I saw shining among the grass, the fatal talisman, which in all likelihood had fallen out of your pocket, when you so passionately threw yourself at my feet. By a very singular chance I happened to possess a box of rock crystal, very like your talisman, and at first I thought it was my own box; but examining farther, I discovered the mystic characters which are engraved upon the lid; I then no longer doubted it was a talisman. Zumio told me the enchantment of the palace had no effect on you; and I guessed that this box was the preservative, which might, perhaps, guard you from the effects of this dangerous charm; I immediately ran to my chamber, sought for and found my own box, and, with a diamond's point, traced, and per-

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