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I have no hope of escaping him. You see, my name is publicly stuck up alongside of this wretch. He dares to say that I have a friendly trade with him, and the public will believe it.
W.A. That is true; he might strike me dead, and I ought to expect it; for I have been a wicked wretch, that is true: but God is merciful, and does not deal with us as we deserve. Wife. But then do not you tell God tankee for that too? W.A. No, Indeed; I have not thanked God for his mercy, any more than I have feared God for his power. Wife.
We were cruel enough to leave the poor wretch without offering her so much as a glass of wine, but we thought it our duty. While we were talking, the jolly Englishman made some witty comments on my eagerness to convince him that he had not enjoyed M. M.'s favours. "I can't believe," said he, "that you have shewn so much interest without being in love with the divine nun."
But he turned toward her, and raising his fist to strike her, he stammered out: "Oh oh this is too much, too much! I heard everything! Everything do you understand? Everything! You wretch you wretch! You are two wretches! Get out of the house, both of you! Immediately, or I shall kill you! Leave the house!"
'Mercy, mercy! gasped the nerveless, feeble wretch: 'mercy! 'Oh, ay, we'll give you plenty of that, and some to spare. You, too, Ransome, prepare yourself, as well as your dainty daughter here' He stopped suddenly, not, it seemed, checked by the frenzied outcries of the females, but by a renewed and piercing whistle on the outside.
The male, who was her companion, sat opposite to her upon the iron range which once had been the receptacle of light and heat, but was now but a weary seat to a drenched and worn-out wretch.
If you wish to apologize for calling me a wretch, and if you want to secure the wax mask, honor me with a visit before four o'clock this afternoon, and bring two hundred scudi with you. Delay till after four, and it will be too late."
When thou hast this thought, lift up thine heart to GOD and say: "I thank Thee, dear-worthy Lord, with all my heart, Who hast thus cared this night for me, a so unworthy wretch, and hast suffered me that with life and health I thus abide this day.
She could have taken Miss Gwilt's life, but she hesitated at reading Miss Gwilt's letter. "Are you troubled with scruples?" asked the nurse, with a sneer. "Consider it a duty you owe to your daughter." "You wretch!" said Mrs. Milroy. With that expression of opinion, she opened the letter. It was evidently written in great haste, was undated, and was signed in initials only.
Thus perished the wretch Antonio one of those treacherous, malignant, and avaricious Italians who bring dishonor on their noble nation, a man who had sought to turn the vindictive feelings of the Count of Arestino to his own purposes, alike to fill his purse and to wreak his hateful spite on the Riverola family!
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