Sure I am that your conduct
is not dictated by a regard for my ease or my welfare. How unworthy
then, as well as how unjust is the pretence? With respect to the
supernatural scenes I have beheld, the question is more difficult. Of
such I have heard from the mouth of the consecrated priests, but never
till this day did I see them. At present however my mind is too much
distracted, to be able to decide. I have already gone far enough; as far
as my heart will permit me. I must now retire.'
"One thing however I will add. From the resolutions you at first
professed, and the impressions you appeared to feel, I had conceived the
most sanguine hopes, and the sincerest pleasure. These are all now
vanished. I cannot account for this. But your conduct is now as
mysterious to my comprehension, as it was before disgusting to my
judgment. I am bewildered in a maze of uncertainty. I am lost in
unwelcome obscurity. May your resolutions and designs be better than my
hopes! But ah, Roderic, for how much have you to answer, how deep must
be your guilt, if all this be mummery, dissimulation, and hypocrisy!"
The magician perceived that it was in vain to urge the stratagem any
further, and he retired from the presence of the shepherdess in silence.
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