By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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(Part 5)
?I am cursed,? Giovanni whispered to himself. ?My own breath is poison.? At that moment, a rich, sweet voice came floating up from the garden. ?Giovanni! You are late. Come down.? As soon as he reached her, Giovanni shouted, ?You are a monster! And with your poison, you have made me into a monster, too. I am a prisoner of this garden.?
?Giovanni!? Beatrice cried, looking at him with her large bright eyes. ?Why are you saying these terrible things?...