The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 74: what you’re looking at

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56 THE COURT OF LONDON deal with you, singular and incomprehensible creature that you are,’ exclaimed the heir apparent, who could not help thinking that if the maiden appeared ravishingly charm- ing and profoundly interesting in the midst of her grief and tears, she was radiantly attractive and overpoweringly — beautiful in the flush of her excitement and the goddess-like dignity of her attitude. ‘In one word,” she said, trembling inwardly through fear of a refusal, ‘“‘ I beseech your Royal Highness to suffer me to leave this room and this house, and everything that I have SEOVAGUSLY endured at your hands shall be forgotten.”’ ‘Oh, no, no,” he exclaimed, his passion maddening him; ce | cannot part with thee thus easily, thou adoretle crea- ture.”’ And springing forward, he caught the young maiden in his arms. A piercing scream burst from her lips, and she struggled desperately to tear herself from his embrace. But, excited almost to a delirious pitch by the fury of his desires, he seemed like a madman bent upon accomplishing his aim without the slightest regard for the consequences; and the wretched girl found her strength failing her and her senses ebbing away, as every moment saw her struggles becoming weaker and her cries more subdued, while the triumph of the prince appeared more and more certain. But suddenly the door was burst violently open, and Tim Meagles, followed by Melmoth, the working man, rushed into the chamber. EORNUCOO