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Rosamond was already deeply afflicted at parting with her sister—that sister from whom she had never been separated until now:—but she was doomed to experience additional sources of grief in the harsh manner and alarming agitation of her father. ROSAMOND WAS ALREADY DEEPLY AFFLICTED AT PARTING WITH HER SISTER THAT SISTER FROM WHOM SHE HAD NEVER BEEN SEPARATED UNTIL NOW BUT SHE WAS DOOMED TO EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF GRIEF IN THE HARSH MANNER AND ALARMING AGITATION OF HER FATHER
ve I deserved these reproaches—at least to-day?" asked Rosamond, bursting into an agony of tears. "Shall not the past be forgotten? will you ever continue, my dear father, to recall those events which are naturally so painful——" "Well, well—let us say no more about it, Rosamond," cried Mr. Torrens, ashamed of having vented his ill-humour upon his daughter. And he paced the room in a manner denoting a strange and indomitable agitation. The fact was that the miserable father recoiled in horror from the atrocity he had agreed to perpetrate; and, with an idiosyncracy so common amongst men who tremble upon the verge of committing a fearful crime, he turned on the intended victim as if she were the wilful and conscious cause of those black feelings that raged within his breast. He had not moral courage sufficient to retreat while it was yet time:—he dared not make the comparatively small sacrifice of himself to avoid the immeasurably greater one which involved the immolation of his daughter. CONDUCT HEAVENS HOW HAVE I DESERVED THESE REPROACHES AT LEAST TO DAY ASKED ROSAMOND BURSTING INTO AN AGONY OF TEARS SHALL NOT THE PAST BE FORGOTTEN WILL YOU EVER CONTINUE MY DEAR FATHER TO RECALL THOSE EVENTS WHICH ARE NATURALLY SO PAINFUL WELL WELL LET US SAY NO MORE ABOUT IT ROSAMOND CRIED MISTER TORRANCE ASHAMED OF HAVING VENTED HIS ILL HUMOUR UPON HIS DAUGHTER AND HE PACED THE ROOM IN A MANNER DENOTING A STRANGE AND INDOMITABLE AGITATION THE FACT WAS THAT THE MISERABLE FATHER RECOILED IN HORROR FROM THE ATROCITY HE HAD AGREED TO PERPETRATE AND WITH AN IDIOSYNCRASY SO COMMON AMONGST MEN WHO TREMBLE UPON THE VERGE OF COMMITTING A FEARFUL CRIME HE TURNED ON THE INTENDED VICTIM AS IF SHE WERE THE WILFUL AND CONSCIOUS CAUSE OF THOSE BLACK FEELINGS THAT RAGED WITHIN HIS BREAST HE HAD NOT MORAL COURAGE SUFFICIENT TO RETREAT WHILE IT WAS YET TIME HE DARED NOT MAKE THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF TO AVOID THE IMMEASURABLY GREATER ONE WHICH INVOLVED THE EMOLATION OF HIS DAUGHTER
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