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Updated: May 12, 2025
This youth, this ideal of her romantic dreams, was the husband of her dearest, her noblest, her loveliest friend. Rudolf was obliged to give up all idea of stopping the maddened steed. Instead of that, and, just as Fanny fell back half-swooning from her saddle, he swiftly seized her in his muscular grip, and pulled her right on to his own saddle.
"Now God help us all!" cries she, wringing her hands; then sinking to her knees, she leaned, half-swooning, against the door, yet I saw her pallid lips moving in passionate supplication. In this I was suddenly aroused by my lady's hand on my bowed shoulder. "Hark!" cries she, "Hark where they cry for aid!" "Why so they do," says I. "And so they may!" "Then come, let us out.
Going to the window, he looked out, for he did not quite know what had happened and from it he looked back at the wardrobe door. "Oh, yes," he said. "Yes." He ran to it and tore open the door and from within very tenderly and gently he lifted down the half-swooning Ella who, securely gagged and tightly bound, had been thrust into its interior to conceal her from him.
Rhynsault had ordered a great banquet to celebrate his nuptials, for on the whole he was well satisfied with the issue of this affair. But as he left the altar, his half-swooning bride upon his arm, the Duke in person tapped his shoulder. "All is not yet done," he said. "You are to come with me."
He stood near the door, but his eyes were fixed on the little bed, on the half-swooning child. 'Seven, said Robert, turning upon him. 'Five of diphtheria, two of fever. That little one will go too. 'Horrible! said the squire under his breath, and then moved to the door. The two men went downstairs in perfect silence.
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