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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... "Separation from you is the best thing for us all. Be prepared; you will soon be summoned before the judges." "Well," ran her answer, "I shall keep silence, but you must see to the Syrian's safety. I have your word." "And so long as you remain true to yours I shall keep it; else," continued he, with lips trembling from excitement, "else war to the knife " "To the knife " echoed she, with sparkling eyes. "But one thing more I have proofs that the emerald which you traced to Hiram belonged to me. By all the saints, I have " "So much the better for you," answered he, in hollow tones. "Woe to us both if you force me to forget that you are a woman " So saying, with rapid steps he left the hall. CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH LOVE WEARS THE GUISE OF HATE. With clinched fist and lowering looks Orion descended the stairs. His heart swelled nigh to bursting. What had he done, what had he come to? That a woman should dare to meet him thus, a woman whom he had honored by his love, the fairest and noblest of her sex, but at the same time the haughtiest, most revengeful, most hateful He had once read this saying: ' AVhoever has committed a base action that only one other person knows about carries the death-sentence of his tranquillity in the folds of his robe." He felt the weight of this sentence, and that one other initiated was Paula, the one whom of all others he would have wished to look up to him. Yesterday it would have seemed heaven upon earth to hold her in his arms and be permitted to call her his, now he felt only the one with, to humble, to punish her. And that his hands were tied, that he had to sue for pardon from her like a condemned criminal It was not to be taken in, was intolerable. But she should learn to know him He had hitherto glided...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150912832 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150912839 |
| Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 In |
| List Price | $30.52 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 420 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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