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And thus it happened that when a few moments later that approaching cabriolet overtook and passed the halted vehicles, Andre-Louis beheld a very touching scene. Standing up to obtain a better view, he saw Aline in a half-swooning condition she was beginning to revive by now seated in the doorway of the carriage, supported by Mme. de Plougastel.
M. de La Tour d'Azyr's concern for Aline on that morning of the duel when he had found her half-swooning in Mme. de Plougastel's carriage had been of a circumspection that betrayed nothing of his real interest in her, and therefore had appeared no more than natural in one who must account himself the cause of her distress.
He disappeared into the shadows where he was greeted with a sort of pæan of joy. Then silence. Then a few sharp-spoken words. Then silence again. Wilson, scarcely believing this was not some evil dream, gripped Stubbs' arm. "Come," he gasped. "Let's get out. This this is hell." He took the half-swooning girl in his arms. "Get a grip on yourself, Jo just for a little. We must go at once."
Charles cast an eye upon the signature, then taking the quill himself, signed under it, then bore the document to the half-swooning bride. "Keep this secure," he bade her. "It is your marriage-gift from me." Rhynsault's eyes gleamed. If his wife were to keep the deed, the thing was none so desperate after all. But the next moment he had other things to think of.
I cried, and turned on Joanna with clenched fists; and then my lady's restraining arms were about me and I sank half-swooning against the ship's side. "Dear Martin," said she, viewing me tearful-eyed, "you are not yourself " "No!" cried I, burying my throbbing head betwixt my arms. "I am Fortune's Fool the world is upside down God help me, I shall run mad in very truth.
The two police-officers had each to lend an arm to support her, and mechanically she accepted their assistance. Then the vociferations and hootings burst forth with redoubled fury. Half-swooning between the two men, the hapless creature seemed to drain the cup of bitterness to the dregs.
Roused from his half-swooning sense of wonder, he caught those gentle hands, and laid them tenderly against his breast, tremblingly, and all devoutly, he drew the lovely, yielding form into his arms, close to his heart, with dazzled sight he gazed down into that pure, perfect face, those clear and holy eyes shining like new- created stars beneath the soft cloud of clustering fair hair!
The two comely Italian youths were dragged out writhing in their captors' hands. At last the half-swooning legate found his voice. "Lord Prince," he gasped. "Lord Prince... you cannot do this infamy! You cannot! I warn you that... that..." The threat perished unuttered, slain by mounting terror. "Mercy! Have mercy, lord! as you hope for mercy!"
They broke my sword and attempted to break my skull, in which they went perilously near succeeding, as you see. Albeit half-swooning, I had yet sufficient consciousness left to realise that my pockets were being emptied, and that at last they had torn open my doublet and withdrawn the treasonable letter from the breast of it.
When Armand, with the terrible words, “Look, all of you, I owe this woman nothing!” flung the gold and bank-notes at the half-swooning Marguerite, Lena cowered beside me and covered her face with her hands. The curtain rose on the bedroom scene. By this time there was n’t a nerve in me that had n’t been twisted. Nanine alone could have made me cry.
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