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Updated: June 8, 2025
Why are you not with her as usual, Manuella?" "I was with her, my Lord; she only dismissed me ten minutes ago." Without rejoinder, Don Ferdinand turned in the direction she had pointed out.
But at the end of that time she started up hastily, resumed the robe which had been cast aside, and remained standing, as intently listening to some distant sound. Several minutes elapsed, and though she had sunk almost unconsciously on the seat Manuella proffered, it was not till full half an hour that she spoke. "The Senor has returned," she said calmly; "bid Alberic hither."
"Kill! who is killed?" gasped Marie. "What did he say? Where is my husband?" "Detained at the palace, dearest lady," readily answered Manuella. "This foolish boy is terrified at shadows. My lord is detained, and her Grace has sent a litter requiring thine attendance. We must haste, for she wills no delay. Carlotta, my lady's mantilla; quick, girl!
"My master my good, noble master something horrible has occurred, and they will not tell me what. Every face I see is full of horror every voice seems suppressed every " "Hush!" angrily interposed Manuella, as she beheld Marie's very lips lose their glowing tint, and her eyes gaze on vacancy. "For God's sake, still thine impudent tongue; thou'lt kill her with thy rashness."
A sensation of sickness the deadly sickness of indefinable dread seemed to stupefy every faculty, as Manuella answered in the negative, adding, it was much beyond his usual hour. "Send to the castle, and inquire if aught has detained him," she exclaimed; hastily rising as she spoke, and commencing a rapid toilet.
For some minutes she could not frame a distinct thought, and then her husband's fond farewell flashed back; but what had that to do with gloom? Ringing a little silver bell beside her, Manuella answered the summons, and Marie anxiously inquired for Don Ferdinand. Had he not yet returned?
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