Let Francis accompany you, and take such things as he can carry; there are now two horses in the stables."
"That is sufficient," exclaimed Ferdinand; "I will walk by the side of Eugenia's, and you may depend upon my care to see her safe into the Convent. We may possibly not return for the night; should it be so, entertain no apprehensions for our safety."
"And must I see Eugenia no more?" asked the Count, with a melancholy air.
"If you wish it, and think it right to indulge yourself with another interview," answered Ferdinand, "an interview that, under the present circumstances, must be painful to both, you certainly may go to her apartment: I presume not to advise, you must be the best judge of the consequences."
"Well then," said the other, with a deep sigh, "I submit to reason, nor will I wound her feelings for the gratification of a moment, which must be equally afflictive to both.—May Heaven restore her peace, and then I
