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You could not be happy without her, therefore could my life save her's, I would give it.
Mirza, Mirza! how you fill me with astonishment!
Farewell, Philamir, my heart! you know I cannot forbear repeating, and remember, I speak it in the Castle of Truth, I shall love you to the last breath of life. In this bosom you will ever reign, and over a heart as virtuous and pure as it is noble and affectionate. Incapable of ambition and of jealousy, I might have made you happy if—Farewell dearest Prince, Farewell.
Alas! cried the Prince, this I cannot support—Oh, adorable Mirza! do you then mean to quit the Castle? I know your three months are expired, but three weeks I am doomed to remain.
