It was the loveliest song I ever heard ! ' ` Yes , and after the song will come the apparition ; and after that -- after that -- ' ' I do n't understand . Well -- after that ? ' ` After that -- death . ' Alonzo stared at her . Had she really gone mad ? Such talk was very unlike Julia ; but before he could collect his senses the girl spoke again : ` That is the reason why I implore you never to go there again ; at any rate till after we are married . ' ` And what difference will our marriage make ? ' ` Oh , there will be no danger then ; you can go to bathe as often as you like ! ' ` But tell me why you are so afraid ? ' ` Because the voice you heard -- I know you will laugh , but it is quite true -- it was the voice of the Yara . ' At these words Alonzo burst into a shout of laughter ; but it sounded so harsh and loud that Julia shrank away shuddering . It seemed as if he could not stop himself , and the more he laughed the paler the poor girl became , murmuring to herself as she watched him : ` Oh , heaven ! you have seen her ! you have seen her ! what shall I do ? ' Faint as was her whisper , it reached the ears of Alonzo , who , though he still could not speak for laughing , shook his head . ` You may not know it , but it is true . Nobody who has not seen the Yara laughs like that . ' And Julia flung herself on the ground weeping bitterly .
XXXXX this sight Alonzo became suddenly grave , and kneeling by her side , gently raised her up .
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