"The Captain replied- At least five thousand sequins.'

'I will give you double that sum,' said

"The crew heard this proposition, and beckoned to the Captain, who, after consulting with them for a few minutes, returned, and said, it was a bargain. A messenger was dispatched, who returned with the money, and I was handed from Moorish slavery into Christian protection. -My deliverer was Count St. Florian."

"I will never forgive him for his good fortune; that single act made his claim to your hand superior to mine on your heart, and I am wretched."

Harolde uttered this despondingly, and Berenice cheered him with the assurance,

that

that he should never have a wretched moment, if it was in her power to prevent it.

CHAP. IV.

I saw thy pulses' maddening play,
Wild send the pleasures devious way,

Misled by Fancy's meteor ray,

By passion driven;

But yet the light that led astray

Was light from Heaven.

BURNS.

Berenice's sorrow for losing Harolde.-The Count addresses her— his father refuses to consent to their marriage-from gratitude she agrees to wed him privately.-Removed to a house in Cagliari.—The old Count dies.-The Count apologizes for not acknowledging her publicly as his wife. They sail for Venice on business.-The Count's indifferent behaviour.-The Marchioness de Guila falls in love with Harolde-he does not suspect it.-A trimming for the Count-his deranged affairs are settled by Freeman, who accompanies him to Sardinia, where his agent had cheated him grossly-leaves his wife and son under Harolde's care.-False hopes.-The Marchioness resides with Berenice, and Harolde quits the house.Stanzas "To Helen, who forbade her lover to hope."-Good news of the Count.-A lover's wish.-Bad news.-The Count obtains a place at Court-keeps Signora Allegro, and becomes

a complete

a complete villain-his letter to, and dismissal of, Freeman. -Berenice's resolves on this intelligence.-Harolde returns to his apartments under the same roof with Berenice, and the natural consequences ensue-they resolve to live for each other. The Marchioness discovers their close intimacy, and removes to Venice.-Berenice departs with Freeman.--Harolde remains, and scandal assigns him a place in the Marchioness's heart-he leaves Venice in disguise--joins Berenice in a cottage near Ravenna, and assumes the name of Signior Peruzzio. -Description of this rural retreat.—A humble coffee-party, and happiness unclouded.-Custom.-The good-hearted man. -Harolde's attention to children-opens a hotel occasionally in the city-launches out expensively.-The Elysian fields.—A character developed.-The Canary bird.-Antonio Silveira, a monk once popular-intrigues with the Countess of Pella -is dismissed his benefice, and excommunicated--is engaged as tutor to young St. Florian-persecuted by the Pellas-Harolde satirizes them in an operatic piece.-A fight, and disclosure of Harolde's name by a young Venetian.-Silveira chastises his successor in the church.-The Wanderers leave Ravenna- -purchase a vessel.-The Count ceases to remit any money to the bankers for Berenice's use-refusal to land at Crete -advance to the Dardanelles-visit St. Jean D'Acre and Dgezzar Pacha-procure a Greek, and anchor under the guns of the Castle of Abydos.

"THE Count paid me the most respectful

attention on board his ship; and when we arrived at Cagliari, he placed me in a cottage on his father's estates. How to dispose of me was a puzzling question: my wish was to return to Cyprus, and place myself under the protection of Demetrius, who had the house and gardens in trust for me. "Wearied out with misfortunes, and disgusted with the world, I languished for a tranquil obscurity, where I might steal unnoticed to the grave. If my heart ever hankered after the busy scenes of life, it was with the hope of meeting you once more; you were the only being, except my mother, who had ever shewn an interest for me, and led me to feel those grateful sentiments in your favour, which I am sorry for, but cannot help retaining still."

"I will never," said Harolde,

"take

any