Despard, the Spy: Or, The Fall of Montreal — page 22: what you’re looking at

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20 DESPARD, THE 8? | I shall succeed; so lock to it. I ask you to yield gracefully, while you can,” “T never will yield, Mariot Dujardin,” she replied. ‘I will perish by my own hand before I will be more to you than I am.” “You will be my wife, nevertheless.” “T am betrothed to a man who is as much above you as heaven is above earth—to a man who is a soldier, loyal to his country, to God, and to his Jove. There is something grand in loving and being loved by such a man. I feel ennobled every hour as I think of him, And then, how small, how pitiful, how mean you look, compared with him! You, then, are the man who insulted me to-night ?” | “You were seized by my orders.” “You are bold to come here and say this to me. Why should I not inform against you ?” | “To say the truth, I can not tell. It is sufficient for me that you dare not do it. Whatever the reason, you do not mean to bring my confessions against me. I imagine that your reasons are, that your witnesses are men who have done a traitorous act which the Governor would punish. I know I am safe.” Despard was right when he called him an able and subtle villain, The spy, in his concealment, ground his teeth in a rage. He saw that it was impossible to make any accusation lie against this man. To do it, the only witness would be Captain Lamont, himself, and Marie. But, they had heard the confession while in the act of rescuing Wilton from prison. Despard shrugged his shoulders and kept quiet. ** Suppose you are right; suppose that we have reasozis fur not bringing you to the felon’s dock,” added Marie. “ At least I can appear against you for this last infamous and criminal act,” | _ * Your witness, my dear girl. I confess to you, in confi- dence, that I did attempt to abduct you to-night: that I was on the ground in person, and superintended the work. It was a good plot, and would have succeeded if some son of darkness had not come in and snatched you from me. I re- peat, J tell you in.confidence that I did it. “But, when I come to court, I will swear that you are wickedly deceived, and that comicbooks.€c©