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Margaretha's anxious glances were plunged into the cellar or vault to which the door opened, and whence the light came: but she saw no one within.
This young lady was myself; and accordingly, when the count assisted me to alight from my horse at the gate of Dame Margaretha's abode, the good widow had everything in readiness for my reception.
But Margaretha's terror speedily gave way to indescribable astonishment when Nisida suddenly addressed her in a language which not for many, many years, had the old woman heard flow from that delicious mouth! "Margaretha," said Nisida, "you must prepare to accompany me forthwith!
At length they stopped; and Nisida, dropping Margaretha's hand, drew back heavy bolts which raised ominous echoes in the vaulted passage. In another moment a door began to move stubbornly on its hinges; and almost at the same time a faint light gleamed forth increasing in power as the door opened wider, but still attaining no greater strength than that which a common iron lamp could afford.
The count conversed with her apart for a few minutes; and I observed that he also placed a heavy purse in her hand doubtless to insure her secrecy relative to the amour, with the existence of which he was of course compelled to acquaint her. Having seen me comfortably installed in Dame Margaretha's best apartment, he quitted me, with a promise to return on the morrow."
A terrific scream burst from the lips of Margaretha; and she threw her wild looks around as if she were going mad. "Detestable woman!" exclaimed Nisida, fixing her burning eyes more intently still on Margaretha's countenance: "you are now about to pay the penalty of your complicity in the most odious crimes that ever made nights terrible in Florence! The period of vengeance has at length arrived!
"Dame Margaretha!" said Francisco; "do you allude, signor, to the mother of my late father's confidential dependent, Antonio?" "The same," was the answer. "It was at Dame Margaretha's house that your father placed my sister Agnes, who has resided there nearly four years." "But wherefore have you made those inquiries relative to the Lady Nisida?" inquired Francisco.
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