Travel And Adventure : Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives On Record
Travel And Adventure : Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives On Record
Clark, D. W. (Davis Wasgatt), 1812-1871
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My father could not conceive me rash enough to expose myself to the vengeance of the laws ; and the studied contentment with which I spoke to him, convinced him that I was under no ap- prehension of evil. i by Google 284 FIRESIDE READING. The short conversation which was allowed us agitated me more than I can tell, so much the more, that I compelled myself to repress every symptom of it. The most difficult task was to conceal it when the moment of separation came. In the circumstances of Italy ...at that period, I was convinced that Austria would make ex- amples with extraordinary rigor, and that I should be doomed to death or to a long impris- onment. To conceal this conviction from a fa- ther; to flatter him with the hope of my ap- proaching liberty; to refrain from tears while embracing him, or talking of my mother, my brothers, my sisters, whom I thought, at least, I should never see again in this world; to beseech him, without my voice being choked with sobs, to return to see me if he were able — 0, never, never did I do myself such violence !
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