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CHAP. VIII.

——————"Some strange commotion
Is in his brain, he bites his lip, and starts;
Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground,
Then lays his finger on his temple; straight
Springs out into fast gait, then stops again,
Strikes his breast hard, and anon he casts
His eye against the moon; in most strange postures
We've seen him set himself."
Shakespeare.

The Signora, who observed this almost immediate change in the deportment of the Marchese, attributed it to the right cause.She