. Thackerayana;. plete suit, conducted him to the postern-gate. Avoid the town, said the princess, but hie thee to the oppositequarter ; yonder is a chain of rocks, hollowed into a labyrinth ofcaverns that lead to the sea-coast. Go ! Heaven be thy guide !and sometimes, in thy prayers, remember Matilda ! Theodoreflung himself at her feet, and seizingher lily hand, which with strugglesshe suffered him to kiss, he vowedon the earliest opportunity to gethimself knighted, and fervently in-treated her permission to swear him-self eternally her champion. Hethen sighed and retired, but witheyes fixed
. Thackerayana;. plete suit, conducted him to the postern-gate. Avoid the town, said the princess, but hie thee to the oppositequarter ; yonder is a chain of rocks, hollowed into a labyrinth ofcaverns that lead to the sea-coast. Go ! Heaven be thy guide !and sometimes, in thy prayers, remember Matilda ! Theodoreflung himself at her feet, and seizingher lily hand, which with strugglesshe suffered him to kiss, he vowedon the earliest opportunity to gethimself knighted, and fervently in-treated her permission to swear him-self eternally her champion. Hethen sighed and retired, but witheyes fixed on the gate, until Matilda,closing it, put an end to an interview, in which the hearts of bothhad drunk so deeply of a passion which both now tasted for the firsttime. We must now crowd the sequel of this remarkable story intothe smallest possible space. In the caverns Theodore recoveredthe distracted Isabella, but a knight arrived at the moment of hishappy discovery, and mistrusting her deliverer, while Theodore. THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. 29 deceived himself as to the intentions of the stranger, a desperatecombat ensued, and the younger champion gained the victory. Thestranger knight explained his mistake, and revealed himself as themissing Marquis of Vicenza, father to Isabella, and nearest heir
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