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indignation; fury soon succeeded a state of stupor, and I exclaimed impetuously, Yes, I promise you swift vengeance, your cause is now mine; princess, adieu! Farewell, Zumio! two hours hence you are free.
I departed, and, by virtue of my talisman, was instantly at the entrance of the redoubted cavern, which inclosed the ring of my perfidious mistress. I will not give you a detail of the combats I had to sustain, I was animated by vengeance, wrath, and hatred, and should never have been triumphant, had I not been immortal and a genius. I exterminated the monsters, reduced the gates to powder, seized the casket, and snatched the precious ring. I found it of a must beautiful citron colour, and put it on my finger, whence I promised it should never part.
The garden instantly resounded with a thousand cries of joy; a thousand repetitions echoed Liberty! Liberty! All thanks to the Genius Phanor! Liberty! Liberty! I left the cavern, and found the garden full of ladies differently dressed, and almost all
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