ABSTRACT
This chapter reproduces the text from Chapter VII of Ada Reis, Volume II. Fiormonda had sufficient cause for the bitter tears which she had shed during her interview with the Duke of Montevallos. The conduct of Condulmar was too plain to allow even the most devoted love to deceive itself any longer. The beautiful singer, who had lately appeared, of the name of Nirza, and the Princess of Ildebar, a lady of high rank, but of little morality, engrossed all his time. The news of the death of Montevallos spread through the city; and a burst of grief and generous sympathy sprung from every heart. From the wound he had received, it was difficult to ascertain the cause and manner of his death; but it was generally supposed that it had been his own act, and that the unkindness of Fiormonda had driven him to despair.
