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"My mother! think you my mother would advise me to break a vow?

Would you desire that she should? But, Renzo, you are not in your

right mind!"

"Oh! you women cannot be made to comprehend reason! Father

Christopher told me to return, and inform him whether I had found

you-I will go, and get his advice--"

"Yes, yes, go to the holy man! Tell him I pray for him, and that

I desire his prayers! But, for the love of Heaven! for your

soul's sake, and for mine, do not return here, to trouble,

to--tempt me! Father Christopher will explain matters to you, and

make you return to yourself; he will set your heart at rest."