The Black Dwarf ; And a Legend of Montrose
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" "You, sir?" answered Isabella, stammering between a con- sciousness that he had guessed her thoughts justly, and the shame as well as fear which forbade her to acknowledge a suspicion so degrading and so unnatural.
" Yes ! " he continued, " your hesitation confesses that you entertained such an opinion, and I have now the painful task of acknowledging that your suspicions have done me no injustice.
But listen to my motives. In an evil hour I countenanced the addresses of Sir Frederick Langley..., conceiving it impossible that you could have any permanent objections to a match where the advantages were, in most respects, on your side. In a worse, I entered with him into measures calculated to restore our banished monarch, and the independence of my country. He has taken advantage of my unguarded confidence, and now has my life at his disposal." " Your life, sir ? " said Isabella, faintly.
" Yes, Isabella," continued her father, " the life of him who gave life to you. So soon as I foresaw the excesses into which his headlong passion (for, to do him justice, I believe his unreasonable conduct arises from excess of attachment to you) was likely to, hurry him, I endeavoured, by finding a plausible pretext for your absence for some weeks, to extricate myself from the dilemma in which I am placed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" "You, sir?" answered Isabella, stammering between a con- sciousness that he had guessed her thoughts justly, and the shame as well as fear which forbade her to acknowledge a suspicion so degrading and so unnatural.
" Yes ! " he continued, " your hesitation confesses that you entertained such an opinion, and I have now the painful task of acknowledging that your suspicions have done me no injustice.
But listen to my motives. In an evil hour I countenanced the addresses of Sir Frederick Langley..., conceiving it impossible that you could have any permanent objections to a match where the advantages were, in most respects, on your side. In a worse, I entered with him into measures calculated to restore our banished monarch, and the independence of my country. He has taken advantage of my unguarded confidence, and now has my life at his disposal." " Your life, sir ? " said Isabella, faintly.
" Yes, Isabella," continued her father, " the life of him who gave life to you. So soon as I foresaw the excesses into which his headlong passion (for, to do him justice, I believe his unreasonable conduct arises from excess of attachment to you) was likely to, hurry him, I endeavoured, by finding a plausible pretext for your absence for some weeks, to extricate myself from the dilemma in which I am placed.
What to read after The Black Dwarf ; And a Legend of Montrose?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 to read onlineMoreLess
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