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Show 2GR H 0 E B t; C K. Ri<':d nn<l ment[1l "rearin c~~. Rho ~)lcpt sev ra1 lt otrr':-t \\'hen :ht.~ awoke, 1\tr:-:;. Pn1nlcr ~aL at her llt•d..;idL~. Tlt:l1, flttrnt lacly, h:l\·inp; a SJV' ' eh r ·:tdy, h"g·:nt aL onur~ : "Thc~e :li'C :-;:ul1inH'~, J\li!-3~ F:tirf:tx. Bntl ·tiiJ)(n't. 1 J }It /u 11 I u r, yon k 11 o w. You h n V c 1 o ~ t on c h o 111 <.' b t1 t you :1rr• ofrcretl another-the d:trke~t hour is just. h· fore t.he <.l:twn-\V c n1ust bow to tho <lccrcc. of Pro ·" i<lcnce -"'\Vhen 'vc nbtnit a canso to the arbitramcnf; of arms 'vo mu t abide the event.-We have uct.erlninc< l 'vh:tt i~~ be t for you and you should be thankfnl.- Alhert's pl:l.n is the best for aU parties -Hifi i:tt.her think so, an<l he is very ·wise -Albert js 0110 of the kinde. t 1ncn nlivc - ·You 'vill think so when you know hin1 bettcr-I l1avc always Raid he "r:ls.IIc is Hnn-very finn--j1tstique ten01·em .flectere Jton odium cogit non gratia suadct, :tR the poet snys-ho 11ever gives up a project.- o, n1y dear l\li ·s Fairfax, you ha<l better con cut"-- "~Irs. Palmer, yon seem to be an accomplice in your Ron's scheme, ·which I begin to comprehend. J\[y course is 1aken. If you are :tppointcd to be my jailer, I will tl1ank you to spare 1nc your lcctnrc. If yon nrc permitted to leave 1ne alone, I beg you to frrant me that relief." ':Albert think!) th:tt in your present fr:1n1c of 1nind fnl i tu tlc 'vould not b '"' good for you.-Solitlldinem fuc/u nt et prtcC1n uppeL!ant.-That is not right-it is uot good for man to be alone, nor \VOlnan either, ns the I3iu1e says"-- "Then let Inc have silence, I pray yon." In the evening of that dny, anJ. during the next <lay, tl1c jmportnnatc suitor repealed hi:; visits, and endeavored, by every art at his coininaJHl, to ovcrCOlUe tho reluctance of his captive to become luJ HOETiuOK. bride. 'Vhen her f:tculties ha1l recoveretl from tho fir. t Rhock of calamity, she 'vas al>le to tl \teet the drift of his plot, ancl to \veigh l1is threats and his penma ions ·with a clear judcrmcnt. She doubted no 1nore as to her duty. lie found her purpo e inunoval> lc. Ilis persecution son1etimes wrung tears from 11cr eyes, and so1netirnes pro,rolced her to rep \l him with indignant scorn. Ilc was neither n1cltetl by her sorro'v nor shaken by her scorn. Ilis cruelty ,va cool, but he 'vas not insen 'ible to the imprc ion of beauty that varied \vith her varying pn. sion. T,;O\'O for one whom he torture l \Vas impos~iblc; but the torture rcvenlcd charms in the victim that kindled desire in a pitilc. s breast. |