which when contrasted with the openness and affability of D'Rosonio, made him appear to very great disadvantage. The virtues of the Count D'Rosonio, amply compensated to his domestics and his vassals for the loss of his noblefather; nor was he forgetful of Camillo Schedoni, who had been the object of his youthful benevolence, and who by the generosity of his late father was enabled amply to provide for his family; a visit to the house of Camillo was a treat which D'Rosonio often allowed himself, and with the warmest delight did the old man and his children welcome their benefactor; the young Camillo who had embraced his father's profession of a merchant, had a most advantageous offer to settle in Spain, which his filial piety alone, made him decline. Camillo related the circumstance to the count, and then added, "thanks to your late noble father and yourself, my lord, I have no actual occasion to sepa a ble rate myself from my son; but I must ade not suffer a selfish regard to my own comforts, to interfere with his happiness and prosperity; he will most proCics bably soon accumulate a fortune in Spain, and in his hands riches will be a blessing to many; I must therefore for his sake reconcile myself to his absence, and I shall be the better able to bear it from the reflection that I have performmy duty." illo br vas ed His daughter Victoria was present, and at the mention of her brother's departure, her soft eyes filled with tears; she tried to conceal them and to force a smile into her countenance, but she could not succeed, and she hastily left the room to conceal her agitation. "Poor Victoria, (said her father,) she will sensibly feel the absence of her brother, to whom she is warmly attached; but she will be my comforter and in return I must be her's." In a short time after this conversa-. tion, the young man left Naples for which when contrasted with the openness and affability of D'Rosonio, made him appear to very great disadvantage. The virtues of the Count D'Rosonio, amply compensated to his domestics and his vassals for the loss of his noble father; nor was he forgetful of Camillo Schedoni, who had been the object of his youthful benevolence, and who by the generosity of his late father was enabled amply to provide for his family; a visit to the house of Camillo was a treat which D'Rosonio often allowed himself, and with the warmest delight did the old man and his children welcome their benefactor; the young Camillo who had embraced his father's profession of a merchant, had a most advantageous offer to settle in Spain, which his filial piety alone, made him decline. Camillo related the circumstance to the count, and then added, "thanks to your late noble father and yourself, my lord, I have no actual occasion to sepa rate myself from my son; but I must not suffer a selfish regard to my own comforts, to interfere with his happiness and prosperity; he will most probably soon accumulate a fortune in Spain, and in his hands riches will be a blessing to many; I must therefore for his sake reconcile myself to his absence, and I shall be the better able to bear it from the reflection that I have performmy duty." ed His daughter Victoria was present, and at the mention of her brother's de parture, her soft eyes filled with tears; she tried to conceal them and to force a smile into her countenance, but she could not succeed, and she hastily left the room to conceal her agitation. "Poor Victoria, (said her father,) she will sensibly feel the absence of her brother, to whom she is warmly attached; but she will be my comforter and in return I must be her's." In a short time after this conversa-. tion, the young man left Naples for ཡཱ'' ནུ-མ... Spain. When he waited upon the count to take his leave, D'Rosonio warmly wished him that prosperity which he deserved, and slipped into his hand, what he called a small token of friendship; it was in truth a magnificent present; and Camillo would have declined it. "I must be allowed the privilege of a friend, Camillo (said D'Rosonio), in assisting you to enter life with comfort; I insist then that you accept this trifle, without scruple." Camillo obeyed his benefactor, on whose head when he took his leave, he invoked the choicest blessings of heaven. The natural kindness of D'Rosonio's heart led him, when the young man more frequent in his was gone, to be visits than he had before been to Schedoni's, but these visits, which sprung from the most amiable motives, had nearly proved fatal to his own peace; the person of Victoria, who was two years younger han himself, was cast in nature's fairest uld, and her mind was a fit inhabi |
