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Don Fernando de Montalvan to conduct himself in the manner he did to Amelrosa, and finally occasioned them to be separated for ever. That when he first acted thus, he was unacquainted with her being the child of Elmira, but discovering it in consequence of his inquiries respecting her, from other motives, he was convinced from every circumstance, she was his lordship's daughter. Fearful if she continued at Lady Archdale's, Don Fernando would find means to make his peace, and when united to her endeavor to discover her parents, in which he might be assisted by learning from one of his father's old servants, some part of Elmira's hapless story that he knew very well, and by that means probably expose his guilt, and deprive him of the fortune which had been the occasion of his atrocity; having dissipated his own and wanting a great deal of money to support his extravagance, intemperance, and to pay the agents of his dreadful and secret deeds. From this apprehension,

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and hearing Fernando intended to implore some friend of Lady Archdale's to prevail with her ladyship to forgive him and promote his union with Amelrosa, he resolved to lose no time; and making every necessary preparation, had her carried off from the masquerade (where Fernando conversed with her, though she did not know him, in a light blue domino) and conveyed to the Moorish palace; where he ordered her to be kept in strict confinement when he left her there, and not to be suffered to see a human being, except Jacome and Beatrice; intending if at any period the least prospect of her being discovered or rescued took place, to murder her with his own hand.

For that purpose, after she fled with Montague and was brought back to the palace, he had concealed himself in the eastern tower, and was the same figure that gliding along in black, had so much alarmed Amelrosa. The sight of her innocence, beauty and affinity to him, Zamara owned, had

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nearly disarmed his malignant and murderous intention; however, he smothered these humane thoughts, and struck as he flattered himself the fatal blow, hoping it was effective. In his retreat he was slightly wounded on the arm, and his rage became so great at this circumstance, that he determined likewise to sacrifice Jacome to his revenge; and it was fortunate for him that he escaped in time with his mother, and previously sent off Amelrosa, as they would all otherwise have been his victims.

But Heaven, he added, had since punished him for his former crimes, and the additional ones he meditated. On his return home unexpectedly, after seeing Jacome, on whom he intended (as he knew him) to be doubly revenged, for likewise assisting Amelrosa to escape, Zamara entered his house without being perceived by any of his attendants, and repairing to the saloon, where Mrs. Marley usually sat in the summer, as she now lived with

him, since her being discarded by Don Fernando, to his utter astonishment and dismay he found her receiving the attentions of a gentleman whom he had never seen, and lavishing on him the fondest and most affectionate expressions: for this gentleman was a new gallant, and wholly engaged with him, Zamara's approach was unheard, not expecting his return so soon. His rage and jealousy at this baleful sight, were horrible and difficult to describe,—having a stronger attachment to Mrs. Marley than he had ever experienced for any other woman, from her personal attractions and the similarity of their dispositions; and drawing the sharp poniard he always wore, he suddenly plunged it, in the impulsive fury of the moment, into the guilty bosom of his mistress, before her paramour could attempt to ward off the blow, that caused her to fall with a piercing and hideous shriek senseless to the ground.

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sive against Zamara, who was aiming like an enraged and black assassin, to murder him likewise; and being more collected, soon obtained the advantage; and the inhuman Zamara received at length the forfeit of his accumulated offences, falling beneath repeated wounds from his own poniard, which the gentleman in the struggle had wrenched from him; and his blood mingled with Mrs. Marley's, his associate in guilt, that he had murdered. The gentleman no sooner beheld him extended, weltering in his blood, than he jumped out of the window of the saloon and escaped, just before some of Zamara's servants, attracted by his groans and shocking yells, entered

the scene of horror and found their master and his mistress in the most deplorable situation.

Mrs. Marley survived but a few hours, expiring in the most excrutiating mental and bodily tortures, her wounds being mortal; but for Zamara expectations were at

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