Sammanfattning av Hyperion, Part 3, Chapter 8

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1. Flemming thinks constantly of Mary Ashburton, and his wounded affections attach themselves to her.
2. While Mary sketches Burg Unspunnen, Flemming offers to invent a tradition set in the Black Forest.
3. His story introduces Hieronymus, a learned student whose love for the dismissive Hermione interrupts his studies.
4. A spirit from his lamp directs Hieronymus to cast a scroll bearing Hermione's name into the Fountain of Oblivion.
5. At the water, Hieronymus sees remembered people and his younger self, then chooses to keep the scroll.
6. Flemming changes Hermione's name to Mary, identifies himself as Hieronymus, and ends with verse about discovering love.

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The fictional story becomes a direct confession. Flemming identifies Mary's place in his own devotion without showing her response.

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