"Oh! you will not refuse?" cried Eugenie, the beatings of whose heart

could be heard in the deep silence.

Her cousin's hesitation mortified her; but the sore need of his

position came clearer still to her mind, and she knelt down.

"I will never rise till you have taken that gold!" she said. "My

cousin, I implore you, answer me! let me know if you respect me, if

As he heard this cry of noble distress the young man's tears fell upon

his cousin's hands, which he had caught in his own to keep her from