This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...face, so cold, so cold, that I am not to be your wife any more!" She fell upon the floor. There she lay motionless and unnoticed for many minutes. Then he stooped, sternly commanding her, and lifted her up. " Come with me!" " Oh, you hurt me, Abel! Your hand is iron! " " There is iron in my soul!" said Abel. " Pity me, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...face, so cold, so cold, that I am not to be your wife any more!" She fell upon the floor. There she lay motionless and unnoticed for many minutes. Then he stooped, sternly commanding her, and lifted her up. " Come with me!" " Oh, you hurt me, Abel! Your hand is iron! " " There is iron in my soul!" said Abel. " Pity me, pity me, Abel!" she implored, " when I suffer so!" " You suffer! And I? Who will pity me? Alone; and the ruins fall upon me! " " Dear Abel, I pity you. Don't look so terrible! You are not alone, --I am with you." Fdr a minute he stood in a sort of trance, his visage pallid and awful, his eyes fixed on vacancy. She watched him, in dread and distress, waiting for him to look at her and speak. " Faustina," he said, with deep and strange calmness--but there was something sepulchral in his voice, --"do you know that I am under bonds to answer for your crime? " " My crime!" she gasped. "'Crime!" he repeated. "It is worse than simple larceny, --it is house-breaking. I thought it an idle accusation till now. Now I see what it means. It means dishonor. It means endless disgrace. It means trial, conviction, sentence, --for one of us. Years in prison, --for one of us. Does any one know of your guilt? " " No one, --no one but you. And you will spare me, Abel! dear Abel! won't you? " Thus she lied, and pleaded. " And suffer in your place!" " No, no, Abel. You are innocent. They cannot punish you for what you have not done. And you are a man!" He smiled; but his smile was even more frightful to her than his frown. " Punishment has no terrors for me now. I think I shall soon be glad to hide my head even in...
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