being who has never ceased to watch over you; who thinks only of you; who makes your happiness her only care; and who would sacrifice her life to preserve your's!"
Edmund's heart beat, and his cheeks glowed as he exclaimed, "And this kind friend is—"
"Now before you!" interrupted the monk; tearing aside the cloak that shrouded his companion, and discovering Rosabella!
"Rosabella!" exclaimed Edmund; a slight shade of disappointment passing over his features.
"Oh Edmund!" cried Rosabella, throwing herself at his feet, "can you forget that I have overstepped the bounds prescribed to my sex: will you not hate me?"
"I do not blame you. I were unworthy of the name of man if I could. But father, what says Elvira? Have you delivered the chain?"
"She refuses either to see or hear from you."
"Cruel woman! But perhaps she dreads to see me?"
"I know not; but she treated your petition with contempt. 'Tell him,' said she, 'it
