Our numbers are few and dismembered--we need allies in
the fortress, and still more in the city. We need powerful
assistance, and no one but your highness can obtain it for us."
"I have an assured and confidential friend in Magdeburg," said the
princess; "at a hint from me he will be ready to stand by you to--"
Suddenly she was silent, and cast a searching, threatening glance at
Ranuzi. She had been too often deceived and circumvented--snares had
been too often laid at her feet--she was distrustful. "No, no," said
she, at last, sternly, rudely--"I will take no part in this folly.
Go, sir--go. You are a poor soothsayer, and I will have nothing to
do with you."
Ranuzi smiled, and drew a folded paper from his bosom, which he
handed to the princess. It contained these words: "Count Ranuzi is
an honest man--he can be trusted unconditionally." Under these words
was written: "Nel tue giorni felici, vicordati da me."
The breast of Amelia heaved convulsively--she gazed at these written
characters; at last her eyes filled with tears--at last her heart
was overcome by those painful and passionate feelings which she had
so long kept in bondage.
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