A Sicilian Romance![]() Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1792. Excerpt: ... the sate she dreaded, she now turned from in sorrow and dejection. She loved Hippolitus with a steady and tender affection, which was still heightened by the gratitude he claimed as her deliverer; but she considered it a prophanation of the memory of that brother who had suffered so much for her sake, to mingle joy with the grief which her uncertainty concerning him occasioned. She softened her refusal with a tender grace, that quickly dissipated the jealous doubt arising in the mind of Hippolitus, and encreased his fond admiration of her character. She desired to retire foe a time to some obscure convent, there to await the issue of the event, which at present involved her in perplexity and for*row. Hippolitus struggled with his feelings, and forbore to press farther the suit on which his happiness, and almost his existence, now depended. He enquired at the village for a neighbouring convent, and was told, that there was none within twelve leagues, but that near the town of Paling at about that distance were two. He procured horses; and leaving the officers to return to Palermo for a stronger guard, he, accompanied by Julia, entered on the road to Palini. Julia was silent and thoughtful Hippolitus gradually funk into the fame mood, and he often cast a cautious look around as they travelled for some hours along the feet of the mountains. They stopped to dine under the shade of some beech trees; for, fearful of discovery, Hippolitus had provided against the necessity of entering many inns. Having finished their repast, they pursued their journey; but Hippolitus now began to doubt whether he was in the right direction. Being destitute, however, of the means of certainty upon this point, he followed the road before him, him, which now wound up the fide of a steep hill, whence they de... |