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"And I, without you, my dear mother? and in a house of strangers,

at Milan? But the Lord will be with us both, and will re-unite

us. In eight or nine months we shall see each other again; let us

leave it to him. I will incessantly implore this favour from the

Virgin; if I had any thing more to offer her, I would not

hesitate; but she is so compassionate, she will surely grant my

prayer."

The mother and daughter parted with many tears, promising to see

each other again, the coming autumn, at the latest, as if it

depended on themselves!

A long time elapsed before Agnes heard any thing of Renzo;

neither message nor letter was received from him; the people of

the village were as ignorant concerning him as herself.