things to Fernandos and Bernardos. It appeared, that he had been acquainted with the former's father, while on his tour through France. We soon grew as familiar with the count, as if we had known him for years, and made but one family.
At last, he said, "I will now introduce you to my daughter, who already saw you this morning, and immediately recognized Don Carlos. You see," added he with a smile, "how firmly your image is imprinted in our hearts."
—"All goes well!" whispered Fernandos to me, on quitting the apartment.
"Behold Adela," said the count entering his daughter's drawing-room, "behold Don Carlos, your brother's, and our common friend! He has promised me, to be my son and your brother."
She rose and received us, dropping several low curtsies. She now wore a plain rose-colored ribband, twined with her hair which, with the addition of a little powder, and a black velvet belt buckled in front to a medallion, representing a young man in regimentals
