Part 143 (2/2)
This was too much for Felton
Pale, htful revelation, dazzled by the superhuman beauty of this woman who unveiled herself before him with an i on his knees before her as the early Christians did before those pure and holy ave up in the circus to the sanguinary sensuality of the populace The brand disappeared; the beauty alone remained
”Pardon! Pardon!” cried Felton, ”oh, pardon!”
Milady read in his eyes LOVE! LOVE!
”Pardon for what?” asked she
”Pardonjoined with your persecutors”
Milady held out her hand to hi that hand with his kisses
Milady let one of those looks fall upon hi
Felton was a Puritan; he abandoned the hand of this woer loved her; he adored her
When this crisis was past, when Milady appeared to have resumed her self-possession, which she had never lost; when Felton had seen her recover with the veil of chastity those treasures of love which were only concealed from him to make him desire the to ask of you; that is, the name of your true executioner For to me there is but one; the other was an instrument, that was all”
”What, brother!” cried Milady, ”ain? Have you not yet divined who he is?”
”What?” cried Felton, ”he--again he--always he? What--the truly guilty?”
”The truly guilty,” said Milady, ”is the ravager of England, the persecutor of true believers, the base ravisher of the honor of so many women--he who, to satisfy a caprice of his corrupt heart, is about to land shed so much blood, who protects the Protestants today and will betray thehah state of excitement
Milady concealed her face in her hands, as if she could not endure the shahaelic creature!” cried Felton
”And thou hast not hurled thy thunder at him, my God! And thou hast left him noble, honored, powerful, for the ruin of us all!”
”God abandons him who abandons himself,” said Milady
”But he will draw upon his head the punishment reserved for the da exultation ”He wills that hueance should precede celestial justice”
”Men fear him and spare him”
”I,” said Felton, ”I do not fear him, nor will I spare him”
The soul of Milady was bathed in an infernal joy