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At length, unable any longer to endure the state of suspense and uncertainty in which she was suddenly plunged concerning him, she rose from her seat—advanced timidly towards him—and, throwing one of her snowy arms over his shoulder, murmured in a plaintive tone, "Father—dearest father, what dreadful cause of sorrow oppresses you now? Are you fearful that Adelais will not be happy—that Clarence will not always be good and kind to her? AT LENGTH UNABLE ANY LONGER TO ENDURE THE STATE OF SUSPENSE AND UNCERTAINTY IN WHICH SHE WAS SUDDENLY PLUNGED CONCERNING HIM SHE ROSE FROM HER SEAT ADVANCED TIMIDLY TOWARD HIM AND THROWING ONE OF HER SNOWY ARMS OVER HIS SHOULDER MURMURED IN A PLAINTIVE TONE FATHER DEAREST FATHER WHAT DREADFUL CAUSE OF SORROW OPPRESSES YOU NOW ARE YOU FEARFUL THAT ADELACE WILL NOT BE HAPPY THAT CLARENCE WILL NOT ALWAYS BE GOOD AND KIND TO HER
s 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. 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.  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 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
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