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The other, from Marionetta, wished him much happiness with Miss Toobad, and finished with: "I shall always be happy to see you in Berkely Square, when, to the unalterable designation of your affectionate cousin, I shall subjoin the signature of Scythrop tore both the letters to atoms, and railed in good, set terms against the fickleness of women. "Calm yourself, my dear Scythrop," said Mr. Glowry.
The heart which I shall possess I will possess entirely, or entirely renounce. Scythrop did not dare to mention the name of Marionetta; he trembled lest some unlucky accident should reveal it to Stella, though he scarcely knew what result to wish or anticipate, and lived in the double fever of a perpetual dilemma.
Then we shall see visions of transcendental illumination, and soar on the wings of ideas into the space of pure intelligence. Marionetta could not reply; she had not so strong a stomach as Rosalia, and turned sick at the proposition. She disengaged herself suddenly from Scythrop, sprang through the door of the tower, and fled with precipitation along the corridors.
'To be sure, sir, we had more acres of fen than any man on this coast: but what are fens to love? What are dykes and windmills to Marionetta? 'And what, sir, is love to a windmill? Not grist, I am certain: besides, sir, I have made a choice for you. I have made a choice for you, Scythrop. Beauty, genius, accomplishments, and a great fortune into the bargain.
'Competition! thought Marionetta, and suddenly, with an air of the most freezing indifference, she said, 'You are perfectly at liberty, sir, to do as you please; I beg you will follow your own plans, without any reference to me. Scythrop was confounded. What was become of all her passion and her tears?
Marionetta left him immediately, and returning to the harp, said, just loud enough for Scythrop to hear 'Did you ever read Dante, Mr Listless? Scythrop is reading Dante, and is just now in Purgatory. 'And I' said the Honourable Mr Listless, 'am not reading Dante, and am just now in Paradise, bowing to Marionetta.
Toobad, too much accustomed to the intermeddling of the devil in all his affairs to be astonished at this new trace of his cloven claw, yet determined to outwit him, for he was sure there could be no comparison between his daughter and Marionetta in the mind of anyone who had a proper perception of the fact that seriousness and solemnity are the characteristics of wisdom.
Young men will have their way: I had my way when I was a young man: but, sir, when your cousin Marionetta Scythrop now saw that the affair was growing serious. To have clapped his hand upon his father's mouth, to have entreated him to be silent, would, in the first place, not have made him so; and, in the second, would have shown a dread of being overheard by somebody.
"I, say, sir, when you are so shortly to be married to your cousin Marionetta " The bookcase opened in the middle, and the beautiful Stella appeared, exclaiming: "Married! Is he going to be married? The profligate!" "Really, madam," said Mr. Glowry, "I do not know what he is going to do, or what anyone is going to do, for all this is incomprehensible."
'The devil is come among you, said Mr Toobad, 'how came my daughter here? 'Your daughter! exclaimed Mr Glowry. 'Your daughter! exclaimed Scythrop, and Mr and Mrs Hilary. 'Yes, said Mr Toobad, 'my daughter Celinda. Marionetta opened her eyes and fixed them on Celinda; Celinda in return fixed hers on Marionetta. They were at remote points of the apartment.
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