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But then Lady Adeliza had no particular claim to beauty; she was "distinguished" and of a powerful family; as for Lucia, on the other hand, she was There! it was no use going off into that question. A great deal more sense to go to bed. Meantime Lucia, under Maurice's escort, was on her way home. They had started, talking gaily enough, but before half the distance was passed they grew silent.
"Why not?" asked Belial, surveying himself complacently in the glass. He was humpbacked, squinting, and lame, and his horns stood up under his wig. The discussion ended in a wager after which there was no retreat for Lucifer. The infernal Iachimo was introduced to Adeliza as a distinguished foreigner, and was soon prosecuting his suit with all the success which Lucifer had predicted.
Matilda looked up from the broidery on which she was engaged, and beckoned to her the child thus praised. "Adeliza," she said, placing her hand on the girl's dark locks, "though we would not that thou shouldst learn too early how men's tongues can gloze and flatter, yet this noble guest hath so high a repute for truth, that thou mayest at least believe him sincere when he says thy face is fair.
It is the sage counsellor, the potent physician that heals and comforts the sorrows of all the world: and night proved such to me, as I pondered on the proud race of Allonby, and knew that in the general record of time my name must soon be set as a sonorous word significant, as the cat might jump, for much good or for large evil. And Adeliza loved me, and had bidden me be bold!
Suppose, were it possible, that he now stood before you, every pulse and fibre of him racked with an intolerable ecstasy of loving you, his heart one vast hunger for you, Adeliza, and his voice shaking as my voice shakes, and his hands trembling as my hands tremble, ah, see how they tremble, madonna, the poor foolish hands! Suppose, were it possible, " "Fool!
She has refused half-a-dozen offers every season for the last twenty years." "Miss Pelham?" "What would be the use of that?" "Family interest." "Too many sons in the way." "Lady Adeliza Weymouth?" Percy made a slight grimace. "She is a year older than I am, and has a red nose; otherwise " "You had better think of it, at any rate," said the Earl, "and try if she will have you.
Lady Adeliza was a fair beauty; that is, her eyes were of the color of opals, and her complexion as the first rose of spring, blushing at her haste to snare men's hearts with beauty; and her loosened hair rippled in such a burst of splendor that I have seen a pale brilliancy, like that of amber, reflected by her bared shoulders where the bright waves fell heavily against the tender flesh, and ivory vied with gold in beauty.
"If you tempted her to commit a sin, she would be yours without any conditions at all." "Oh, Belial," said Lucifer, "I cannot bring myself to be a tempter of so much innocence and loveliness." And he meant what he said. "Well then, let me try," proposed Belial. "You?" replied Lucifer contemptuously; "do you imagine that Adeliza would look at you?"
When Adeliza had exhausted herself he smilingly rallied her upon her affection for an unworthy lover, of whose infidelity he undertook to give her proof. Frantic with jealousy, Adeliza consented, and in a trice found herself in the infernal regions.
"Were it not common kindness to tell him, since this old sleek fellow's fine daughter is to wed the cuckoo that hath your nest? Yes, Willie, yes, your master hath known since morning." "And Adeliza?" I asked, in a voice that tricked me. "Heh, my Lady-High-and-Mighty hath, I think, heard nothing as yet.
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