ButFortune, notingwithenviouseyeahappinessofsuchdegreeandduration, gavetoeventsadolorousturn, wherebythejoyofthetwoloverswasconvertedintobitterlamentation.'TwasTancred'scustomtocomefromtimetotimequitealonetohisdaughter'sroom, ,whileGhismonda—suchwasthelady'sname—wasinhergardenwithherdamsels; sothatnonesaworheardhimenter; norwouldhecallhisdaughter, , findingthewindowsclosedandthebed-curtainsdrawndown, heseatedhimselfonadivanthatstoodatoneofthecornersofthebed, restedhisheadonthebed, drewthecurtainoverhim, andthus, hiddenasifofsetpurpose, ,who, asithappened, hadcausedGuiscardotocomethatday, leftherdamselsinthegarden, softlyenteredtheroom, andhavinglockedherselfin, unwittingthattherewasanotherintheroom, openedthedoortoGuiscardo, , aswastheirwont; and, whiletheytheresolacedanddisportedthemtogether, itsobefellthatTancredawoke, andheardandsawwhattheydid: whereathewastroubledbeyondmeasure, andatfirstwasmindedtoupbraidthem; butonsecondthoughtshedeemeditbesttoholdhispeace, andavoiddiscovery, ,astheywerewont, allunwittingofTancred; butatlengththeysawfittogetoutofbed, whenGuiscardowentbacktothegrotto, , oldthoughhewas, gotoutatoneofthewindows, clambereddownintothegarden, and, seenbynone, , asheissuedforthoftheorificeaccoutredinhissuitofleather, andbroughthimprivilytoTancred; who, ashesawhim, allbutwept, andsaid:—"Guiscardo, mykindnesstotheeisillrequitedbytheoutrageanddishonourwhichthouhastdonemeinthepersonofmydaughter, asto-dayIhaveseenwithmyowneyes." TowhomGuiscardocouldanswernoughtbut:—"Loveismorepotentthaneither, youorI." Tancredthengaveordertokeephimprivilyunderwatchandwardinaroomwithinthepalace; andso', whileGhismondawottednoughtofthesematters, Tancred, afterponderingdiversnovelexpedients, hiedhimafterbreakfast, accordingtohiswont, tohisdaughter'sroom, where, havingcalledhertohimandlockedhimselfinwithher, hebegan, notwithouttears, tospeakonthiswise:—"Ghismonda,conceivingthatIknewthyvirtueandhonour, never,thoughithadbeenreportedtome, wouldIhavecredited, hadInotseenwithmyowneyes, thatthouwouldstsomuchasinidea, nottosayfact, haveeveryieldedthyselftoanymanbutthyhusband:wherefore, forthebriefresidueoflifethatmyagehasinstoreforme, , asthoumustneedsdemeanthyselftosuchdishonour, thouhadsttakenamanthatmatchedthynobility; butofallthementhatfrequentmycourt; thoumustneedschooseGuiscardo, ayoungmanofthelowestcondition, afellowwhomwebroughtupincharityfromhistenderyears; forwhosesakethouhastplungedmeintotheabyssofmentaltribulation, ,whomIcausedtobearrestedlastnightasheissuedfromtheorifice, andkeepindurance, mycourseisalreadytaken, buthowIamtodealwiththee, Godknows, , lovesuchasnofathereverbaretodaughter, andthemostjustindignationevokedinmebythysignalfolly; mylovepromptsmetopardonthee, myindignationbidsmehardenmyheartagainstthee, , Iwouldfainhearwhatthouhasttosaytothis." Sosaying, hebenthishead, andweptasbitterlyasanychildthathadbeensoundlythrashed.
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