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appeared drawn in a car by four monstrous bats.
Phormidas was at my feet; he instantly rose, with a confused countenance; and the terrible fairy, with a menacing and dreadful voice, pronounced these words:
Perfidius Phormidas, is it thus I am betrayed? I, who for thy sake deceive the most beautiful of all the genii ! And dost thou prefer a mortal to me? No, ingrate, it is impossible to impose upon me; but, if thou wouldst obtain pardon, give me up that princess, whose life I promise to respect. Remember, she detests and I adore thee, and that I am capable of performing every thing to be revenged.
Phormiclas, terrified, crouched to receive his former chains, and delivered me to the fairy. Immediately the car mounted above the clouds, and here, in less than three minutes, we arrived, where I endeavoured to soften the fairy, threw myself at her feet, and conjured her to restore me to my lover.
After a moment's silence the fairy raised me,
