id Georgina with deep feeling, and wiping the tears from
her eyes.

'Georgina!' cried Arwed, suddenly and with vehemence; 'in my youth I
was never able to subdue or conceal the emotions of my heart. Age has
not changed me in that respect. That I might see you once again, and
have an opportunity to lay before you my last request, I have obtained
the king's permission to be the bearer of this letter. Hear me with
kindness.'

'Spare me,' said she, greatly agitated.

'Your father's honor is restored to all its original brightness,'
continued Arwed, without heeding her remark. 'My father has long slept
in his grave. The causes no longer exist which once forbade my earthly
happiness. I have sacredly kept my truth. You are again free. Do not
now refuse me your hand.'

'Oh, my God!' cried the terrified Georgina. 'No, it is not possible!'

'Refuse me not your hand, Georgina!' said Arwed with all his former
tenderness of tone.

'Dear Arwed,' answered she, with a smile, 'what would our children say?
_Theirs_ is the season of love.'

'How happy is youth!' exclaimed Arwed, sighing.

'Honorable age has also its pleasures and enjoyments,' said Georgina,
placing her hand in his.

'When it wanders arm in arm with the chosen companion of its youth,'
answered Arwed with emotion. 'But when it is compelled to creep alone
to a solitary grave, then are honors and riches a miserable
compensation for a life without an object.'

'Arwed!' exclaimed Georgina in the sweet tone of former times.

'Wilt thou be mine?' cried Arwed, passionately.

'Thine, eternally!' murmured she, while a faint blush threw the glow of
undying youth over her cheeks, and she sank sobbing upon his bosom.

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote 1: A French word, signifying _assassin_.]

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