. National tales . hname, I doubt not, you have made honourablein your own person. I beseech of you, there-fore, to lead me instantly to my kinswoman,that I may entertain her as she deserves. Tlie overjoyed Tebaldo, without waiting tomake any answer to these courtesies, ran in-stantly on board ship to Bianca; who now,without any reserve, cast herself into his lovingarms. She did not forget, however, the tearsthat were due to the generosity of her deadhusband, but mourned for him a decent season;after which, with the very good-will of herparents and all parties, she gave her hand to THE TWO LOV
. National tales . hname, I doubt not, you have made honourablein your own person. I beseech of you, there-fore, to lead me instantly to my kinswoman,that I may entertain her as she deserves. Tlie overjoyed Tebaldo, without waiting tomake any answer to these courtesies, ran in-stantly on board ship to Bianca; who now,without any reserve, cast herself into his lovingarms. She did not forget, however, the tearsthat were due to the generosity of her deadhusband, but mourned for him a decent season;after which, with the very good-will of herparents and all parties, she gave her hand to THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY. 93 the faithful Tebaldo. Thus, after iiiany trials,which they endured nobly, they were finallymade happy, as their long misfortunes andvirtue well deserved; and their names are pre-served unto this day, as the Two FaithfulLovers of Sicily. THE VENETIAN COUNTESS. The fire straight upward bears the souls in breath:Visions of horror circle in the flame,With shapes and figures like to that of Death. * ». Tte C oiuitefs . D6Si^i-ecl&-Dxasvii on StoneiyTDi^ ty CBuUmmJiL THE VENETIAN COUNTESS. The face of the Countess Rovinello, in theportrait which is still in the family palace atVenice, beai-s many signs of that stern andgloomy disposition, which produced such bitterfruits in the end to herself and to nose, more Roman than aquiline, resem-bling the features of the Caesars, denotesforcibly her masculine firmness and determi-nation of purpose; her dark eyes and loweringbrow the pride of her heart, scarcely lowerthan that of the fallen Angel; and her puckeredcurling lip, the scorn and cruelty of her , inflexible, and haughty by nature,she was by education subtle, unmerciful, and rOL. II. F 98 THE VENETIAN COUNTESS. a bigot; the confessor Landino, a Jesuit, beingconstantly at her elbow, and holding the secretdirection of all her affairs. This man coming one day into her chamber,discovered the Countess in a fit of uncon-tr
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