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Chapter 14
Theyconversedwithoneanotherthroughthemeansofaninterpreter,andsometimeswiththeinterpretationoflooks;andSafiesangtohimthedivineairsofhernativecountry.
"TheTurkallowedthisintimacytotakeplaceandencouragedthehopesoftheyouthfullovers,whileinhishearthehadformedfarotherplans.HeloathedtheideathathisdaughtershouldbeunitedtoaChristian,buthefearedtheresentmentofFelixifheshouldappearlukewarm,forheknewthathewasstillinthepowerofhisdelivererifheshouldchoosetobetrayhimtotheItalianstatewhichtheyinhabited.Herevolvedathousandplansbywhichheshouldbeenabledtoprolongthedeceituntilitmightbenolongernecessary,andsecretlytotakehisdaughterwithhimwhenhedeparted.HisplanswerefacilitatedbythenewswhicharrivedfromParis.
"ThegovernmentofFranceweregreatlyenragedattheescapeoftheirvictimandsparednopainstodetectandpunishhisdeliverer.TheplotofFelixwasquicklydiscovered,andDeLaceyandAgathawerethrownintoprison.ThenewsreachedFelixandrousedhimfromhisdreamofpleasure.Hisblindandagedfatherandhisgentlesisterlayinanoisomedungeonwhileheenjoyedthefreeairandthesocietyofherwhomheloved.Thisideawastorturetohim.HequicklyarrangedwiththeTurkthatifthelattershouldfindafavourableopportunityforescapebeforeFelixcouldreturntoItaly,SafieshouldremainasaboarderataconventatLeghorn;andthen,quittingthelovelyArabian,hehastenedtoParisanddeliveredhimselfuptothevengeanceofthelaw,hopingtofreeDeLaceyandAgathabythisproceeding."Hedidnotsucceed.Theyremainedconfinedforfivemonthsbeforethetrialtookplace,theresultofwhichdeprivedthemoftheirfortuneandcondemnedthemtoaperpetualexilefromtheirnativecountry.
