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"Felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait

of sorrow vanished from his face, and it instantly expressed a

degree of ecstatic joy, of which I could hardly have believed it

capable; his eyes sparkled, as his cheek flushed with pleasure;

and at that moment I thought him as beautiful as the stranger.

She appeared affected by different feelings; wiping a few tears

from her lovely eyes, she held out her hand to Felix, who kissed

it rapturously and called her, as well as I could distinguish,

his sweet Arabian. She did not appear to understand him, but

smiled. He assisted her to dismount, and dismissing her guide,

conducted her into the cottage. Some conversation took place

between him and his father, and the young stranger knelt at the

old man's feet and would have kissed his hand, but he raised her

and embraced her affectionately.