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Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chapter 19: Transcriber's Notes:
By A. M. Donelan
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The narrative follows Flora Adair as she travels through Italy and Tyrol with family and companions while tentative romantic feeling develops between her and Mr. Earnscliffe. He alternates between hope inspired by their shared moments and lingering distrust born of past betrayal, debating whether to pursue intimacy or distance himself. Interwoven with their emotional tension are vivid travel scenes — Verona's amphitheatre, a Lake Garda crossing, Alpine passes and Meran's environs — and reflections on character, loyalty, and the sway of memory as social encounters and scenic excursions shape decisions about love and restraint.

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1: Canst thou then dwell with me in this peaceful vale, and forego earth's pomp? Oh, then the goal for which I struggled is attained, and the storms of the wildly agitated world may beat unheeded against the firm bulwarks of these mountains. Not one more fleeting wish have I to send forth through life's whole expanse. Oh, now may these rocks around us here spread into impenetrable encircling walls, and this blessed valley be alone open to and lighted by heaven.

Bertha—Now art thou all——

Transcriber's Notes:

Chapter II is printed as Chapter XVIII in the original.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Inconsistent and archaic spelling choices have been preserved (including hyphenation, use of both -ise and -ize, "Rudens"/"Rudenz", "secresy", "doating", "overweaning", and "Promethus").

Page 20, "mireuch" changed to "mir euch" (ihr mit mir euch in)
Page 33, single closing quote added (hope of attaining it?'...)
Page 81, "rocognise" changed to "recognise" (time to recognise them)
Page 136, "recal" changed to "recall" (in mercy recall not)