The cry had alarmed Flora, who hastened to her assistance.

The sight which She beheld penetrated her with horror; but her alarm was more audible than Antonia's.

She made the House ring with her lamentations, while her Mistress, almost suffocated with grief, could only mark her distress by sobs and groans.

Flora's shrieks soon reached the ears of the Hostess, whose terror and surprize were excessive on learning the cause of this disturbance.

A Physician was immediately sent for: But on the first moment of beholding the Corse, He declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art.