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But could I deserve half these kind things, what a happy creature should I be! said Miss Darnford, You deserve them all, indeed you do. The greatest part of the company having sat down to loo, my master being pressed, said he would take one game at whist; but had rather be excused too, having been up all night: and I asked how his friend did?
Maria answered with warmth, "That she had no terms to make with the murderer of her babe, nor would she purchase liberty at the price of her own respect." She began to expostulate with her jailor; but he sternly bade her "Be silent he had not gone so far, not to go further." Darnford came in the evening.
That's very hard, sir, said I. It must be one, I assure you, said he. Why then, sir, replied I, you must do as you please; for I cannot sing it. Well, then, said my master, I find I must read it; and yet, added he, after all, I had as well let it alone, for it is no great reputation to myself. O then, said Miss Darnford, pray let us hear it, to choose.
which consisted of but three staves, we had it all; and he read the line, and began the tune with a heart so entirely affected with the duty, that he went through it distinctly, calmly, and fervently at the same time; so that Lady Jones whispered me, That good man were fit for all companies, and present to every laudable occasion: And Miss Darnford said, God bless the dear good man!
Darnford found me a forlorn and oppressed woman, and promised the protection women in the present state of society want. But the man who now claims me was he deprived of my society by this conduct? The question is an insult to common sense, considering where Mr. Darnford met me. Mr. Venables' door was indeed open to me nay, threats and intreaties were used to induce me to return; but why?
I hope not, Sir Simon, said Lady Jones; for a gentleman of your politeness would not say any thing that would make ladies blush. No, no, said he, for the world: but if I had, it would have been, as the poet says, 'They blush, because they understand. When the company went away, Lady Darnford, Lady Jones, and Mrs.
Who ever risked any thing for me? Who ever acknowledged me to be a fellow-creature?" Maria took her hand, and Jemima, more overcome by kindness than she had ever been by cruelty, hastened out of the room to conceal her emotions. Darnford soon after heard his summons, and, taking leave of him, Maria promised to gratify his curiosity, with respect to herself, the first opportunity.
To part with Darnford was indeed cruel. It was to feel most painfully alone; but she rejoiced to think, that she should spare him the care and perplexity of the suit, and meet him again, all his own.
Pygmalion formed an ivory maid, and longed for an informing soul. She, on the contrary, combined all the qualities of a hero's mind, and fate presented a statue in which she might enshrine them. We mean not to trace the progress of this passion, or recount how often Darnford and Maria were obliged to part in the midst of an interesting conversation.
Such is the respect paid to the master-key of property! The incidents selected by Mary to prove her case are, it must be admitted, disagreeable, and the minor details too frequently revolting. The stories of Maria, Darnford, and Jemima are records of shame, crime, and human bestiality little less unpleasant than the realism of a Zola.
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