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"Should the Countess of Arestino really need her diamonds really need them, my lord I should not object that is, my lord," he added in a firmer voice, as if ashamed at the hesitation with which he was expressing his readiness to do a good action, "I will at once give them up to her, trusting to her ladyship's honor to pay me my moneys at her most befitting convenience."
Yet was not the vengeance of the Count of Arestino satisfied; and the grand inquisitor was prepared to gratify the hellish sentiment to the fullest extent. The still warm and palpitating corpse of the countess was hastily removed from the rack: and the familiars stripped nay, tore off the clothing of Manuel d'Orsini.
And as the person to whom he found himself thus indebted was a stranger a total stranger to him, he had no apology to offer for a delay in the payment of the money due. "Perdition!" he exclaimed aloud, as he issued rapidly from the grounds attached to the Arestino mansion; "is there no alternative save flight?
Flora was delighted to hear that such a hope animated the Countess of Arestino: and throwing herself at her feet, she said, "Oh! lady, should'st thou have the power to save me " "Thinkest thou that I would leave thee here, in this horrible dungeon?" interrupted the countess, raising Flora from her suppliant position on the cold pavement of the cell, and embracing her.
Oh! wherefore did you accompany the old man to the altar, if only to deceive him? Wherefore did you consent to become his bride, if but to plunge him into the depth of misery? You weep! Ah! weep on; and all those tears, be they even so scalding as to make seams on that too fair face, cannot wipe away the stain which is now affixed to the haughty name of Arestino!
Sometimes but very rarely she goes forth after dusk, and in a deep disguise; the marquis has not, however, visited the cottage since my aunt made this discovery relative to the reputation of the Lady of Arestino." "Thanks, charming Flora, for that explanation!" cried the young count.
It is not to be wondered at, then, if the Countess of Arestino were a prey to the most poignant anxiety, as each successive quarter of an hour passed without bringing either Stephano or any tidings from him.
The seduction of the Countess of Arestino was not a crime in his estimation oh! no, because man may seduce, and yet may not be dishonored in the eyes of the world. It is his victim, or the partner of his guilty pleasure, only, who is dishonored. Such is the law written in society's conventional code. Vile, detestable, unjust law!
Upon quitting the Arestino palace, the Marquis of Orsini suddenly lost that bold, insolent, self-sufficient air with which he had endeavored to deceive the venerable count, whose wife he had dishonored. For dishonor now menaced him! Where could he raise the sum necessary to liquidate the debt which he had contracted with the stranger at the Casino, or gaming-house?
How could he any longer cling to the hope that Giulia was imprudent only, and not guilty? Must she not be guilty, to have made so large a sacrifice and run so great a risk for the sake of the Marquis of Orsini? It was under the influence of these excited feelings that the Count of Arestino burst into the room.
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