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Go, then, and be prepared for whatever result--"

"Yes, I understand!" said Renzo, a dark cloud overshadowing his

countenance; "I understand, I will seek in every place, from one

end of the lazaretto to the other--And if I do not find her!"

"If you do not find her?" repeated the father, in a serious and

admonitory tone.

But Renzo, giving vent to the wrath which had been for some time

pent up in his bosom, pursued, "If I do not find her, I will find

another person. Either at Milan, or in his abominable palace, or

at the end of the world, or in the house of the devil, I will

find the villain who separated us; but for whom Lucy would have

been mine twenty months ago; and if we had been destined to die,

at least we should have died together. If he still lives, I will

find him--"

"Renzo!" said the friar, seizing him by the arm, and looking at

him severely.