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Such complete and prompt success, and the letter of Attilio, who

encouraged him by his advice and vexed him by his jokes, inclined

him to hazard every thing; and what above all confirmed him in

his intention, was the unexpected intelligence that Agnes had

returned to the village, and was at her own house! We will relate

these two events for the information of the reader.

Lucy and her mother had hardly entered their asylum, when the

news of the terrible insurrection at Milan spread through Monza,

and even penetrated the walls of the convent. The accounts were

various and contradictory.