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Paphnutius held her in a last despairing embrace; his eyes devoured her with desire, rage, and love. Albina cried to him "Avaunt, accursed wretch!" And she gently placed her fingers on the eyelids of the dead girl. Paphnutius staggered back, his eyes burning with flames and feeling the earth open beneath his feet. The virgins chanted the song of Zacharias: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel."
The portrait seemed really to have been drawn from Miss Hunter, and the lines were so a propos to the scene which had just passed during the walk, that it was impossible to avoid the application. Mrs. Beaumont shut the book hastily as her dear Albina approached, for she was afraid that the young lady would have known her own picture.
Cavendish to go and inquire. His heart beat violently whilst he kept his eye fixed on the door, and held the feeble pulse of Lady Tinemouth in his hand. The doctor re-entered, and in a low voice whispered, "Lady Albina is here." The words acted like magic on the fading senses of the countess.
Albina cast a piercing glance on Thais, ordered her to rise, kissed her on the forehead, and then, turning to the monk "We will place her," she said, "amongst the Marys." Paphnutius then related how Thais had been brought to the House of Salvation, and asked that she should be at once confined in a cell.
"Fare ye well, my own Albina! be sure you don't stay long from us," said Mrs. Beaumont, accompanying her to the hall-door. "A thousand kind things to everybody, and your brother in particular. But, my dear Miss Hunter, one word more," said she, following to the carriage door, and whispering: "there's another thing that I must trust to your management and cleverness; I mentioned that Mr.
I will conduct thee this very day to this nunnery, my Thais, and soon, commingling with these holy women, thou wilt share in their heavenly conversation. They await thee as a sister. On the threshold of the convent, their mother, the pious Albina, will give thee the kiss of peace and will say, 'My daughter, thou art welcome!" The courtesan uttered a cry of amazement.
But in after days he shared those feelings with his father, bringing to his regretful bosom a soothing perception of the likeness. Lady Albina instantly complied, casting a sweet glance at Sir Robert, who immediately led her to the piano-forte, followed by the Scottish merchant of the Baltic, whither the noble symphony of "The Douglas," "hound and horn," soon gathered the rest of the company.
Albina Meechim wuz a maiden lady from choice, so she said and I d'no as I doubted it when I got acquainted with her, for she did seem to have a chronic dislike to man, and havin' passed danger herself her whole mind wuz sot on preventin' Dorothy from marryin'.
Paphnutius approached her respectfully, kissed the hem of her veil, and said "The peace of the Lord be with thee, venerable Albina. I have brought to the hive, of which thou art queen, a bee I found lost on a flowerless road. I took it in the palm of my hand, and revived it with my breath. I give it to thee." And he pointed to the actress, who knelt down before the daughter of the Caesars.
He gave Käppchen the regulations to carry over to the orderly-room of the division, and he himself returned home. In the bedroom he found Albina and the barber together. The shameless woman had felt so secure that she had not even troubled to bolt the door. Her gallant lover disappeared through the window like a shot. Albina was not so quick.
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