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           "Therewasanawfuldoom,"shecontinued,"theeffectofmyfather’sfatalloveofscience,whichestrangedmefromallsocietyofmykind.UntilHeavensentthee,dearestGiovanni,oh,howlonelywasthypoorBeatrice!"

           "Wasitaharddoom?"askedGiovanni,fixinghiseyesuponher.

           "OnlyoflatehaveIknownhowharditwas,"answeredshe,tenderly."Oh,yes;butmyheartwastorpid,andthereforequiet."

           Giovanni’sragebrokeforthfromhissullengloomlikealightningflashoutofadarkcloud.

           "Accursedone!"criedhe,withvenomousscornandanger."And,findingthysolitudewearisome,thouhastseveredmelikewisefromallthewarmthoflifeandenticedmeintothyregionofunspeakablehorror!"

           "Giovanni!"exclaimedBeatrice,turningherlargebrighteyesuponhisface.Theforceofhiswordshadnotfounditswayintohermind;shewasmerelythunderstruck.

           "Yes,poisonousthing!"repeatedGiovanni,besidehimselfwithpassion."Thouhastdoneit!Thouhastblastedme!Thouhastfilledmyveinswithpoison!Thouhastmademeashateful,asugly,asloathsomeanddeadlyacreatureasthyself—aworld’swonderofhideousmonstrosity!Now,ifourbreathbehappilyasfataltoourselvesastoallothers,letusjoinourlipsinonekissofunutterablehatred,andsodie!"

           "Whathasbefallenme?"murmuredBeatrice,withalowmoanoutofherheart."HolyVirgin,pityme,apoorheart-brokenchild!"

           "Thou,—dostthoupray?"criedGiovanni,stillwiththesamefiendishscorn."Thyveryprayers,astheycomefromthylips,tainttheatmospherewithdeath.