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(Shakes her head.) No! by the chaste light of heaven! Not an atom of him,—not a spark of his soul,—not a particle of his sensibility!—

'Twas on a calm, still evening, the last before his departure for Leipzick, when taking me along with him to that grove which has so often witnessed the rapturous expressions of your passion, your vows of mutual love;—there, after a long silence, he took my hand in his; and while the tears almost choked his utterance, I leave my Amelia, said he—I know not how to account for it—but I have a sad presentiment that it is for ever! Do not abandon her, my dear brother.—Be her friend, her Charles! Should it happen, that Charles—should never return;—that he were gone for ever. (He throws himself at Amelia's feet, and kisses her hand with ardour:)—And he is gone for ever,—no more will he return;—and I have pledged my sacred promise.——

(Springing back.) Traitor! Are you now detected!—'Twas in that very grove that we ex-