Luscinda proved falsehoods, and the recovery of the prize I had that

instant lost rendered impossible for ever. I stood stupefied, wholly

abandoned, it seemed, by Heaven, declared the enemy of the earth

that bore me, the air refusing me breath for my sighs, the water

moisture for my tears; it was only the fire that gathered strength

so that my whole frame glowed with rage and jealousy. They were all

thrown into confusion by Luscinda's fainting, and as her mother was

unlacing her to give her air a sealed paper was discovered in her