a afternoon, and am with frankness and friendship, yours, &c.
"Alcantara, Dec. 12.
—"Good Heavens!" cried I with amazement, "is it possible, that the very woman, who has been represented to me as my death-fiend, and on whose affections I trampled, should thus magnanimously serve her undoer?"
—"Yes, my lord," resumed Adela, "it is to her more than to myself, you stand indebted for your life. What follows will farther confirm the truth of my assertion.
"I showed Rosalia's letter to Caroline, by whose advice its contents were likewise communicated to the abbess. This lady whose esteem of you always manifested itself by the tender and indulgent treatment of your unhappy spouse, was quite charmed with my resolution to join you with Caroline. So we quitted the convent, and arrived at Alcantara two days previous to the appointment made by my generous informant.
