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230 REYNOLDS’ WORKS ‘It must be as I have said, Diego,” she replied, earnestly and entreatingly. ‘“‘ You would not injure me with my benefactor, you would not encourage me to disobedience? No, it is an additional proof of your love which I now de- mand. Rest assured that the strength of mine will not be impaired by this temporary separation. Will you not agree to my proposal?”’ and as she thus spoke, Elizabeth pressed his hand, gazing at the same time beseechingly and tenderly upon him. | ““T will do all that you require,” he answered, giving back that look of fondness. ‘‘ But our separation must not last for many days; it would become insupportable for me. “You promise, dear Elizabeth, that I shall not be doomed to a long absence from you? ”’ “Judge my feelings by your own,” she replied. ‘‘ And now, dearest Diego, we must separate.”’ “Farewell, my own well-beloved,”’ he exclaimed, once more folding her in his arms; “ farewell, farewell, and re- member that I shall endure with a cruel impatience the interval that is to elapse ere we meet again.” They separated, and Elizabeth Paton retraced her way slowly to the mansion, feeling the warmth of her lover’s kisses still upon her lips and cheeks, and the pressure of his arm around her waist. Her heart, too, was filled with in- describable emotions of happiness and joy, and she mur- mured to herself, ‘‘ Now I can discourse with Frank upon the delicious sensations of love.’’ Gomicbooks. co