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Chapter 22

           ElizabethLavenza

           Geneva,May18th,17-

           ThisletterrevivedinmymemorywhatIhadbeforeforgotten,thethreatofthefiend"IWILLBEWITHYOUONYOURWEDDING-NIGHT!"Suchwasmysentence,andonthatnightwouldthedaemonemployeveryarttodestroymeandtearmefromtheglimpseofhappinesswhichpromisedpartlytoconsolemysufferings.Onthatnighthehaddeterminedtoconsummatehiscrimesbymydeath.Well,beitso;adeadlystrugglewouldthenassuredlytakeplace,inwhichifhewerevictoriousIshouldbeatpeaceandhispowerovermebeatanend.Ifhewerevanquished,Ishouldbeafreeman.Alas!Whatfreedom?Suchasthepeasantenjoyswhenhisfamilyhavebeenmassacredbeforehiseyes,hiscottageburnt,hislandslaidwaste,andheisturnedadrift,homeless,penniless,andalone,butfree.SuchwouldbemylibertyexceptthatinmyElizabethIpossessedatreasure,alas,balancedbythosehorrorsofremorseandguiltwhichwouldpursuemeuntildeath.

           SweetandbelovedElizabeth!Ireadandrereadherletter,andsomesoftenedfeelingsstoleintomyheartanddaredtowhisperparadisiacaldreamsofloveandjoy;buttheapplewasalreadyeaten,andtheangel’sarmbaredtodrivemefromallhope.YetIwoulddietomakeherhappy.Ifthemonsterexecutedhisthreat,deathwasinevitable;yet,again,Iconsideredwhethermymarriagewouldhastenmyfate.Mydestructionmightindeedarriveafewmonthssooner,butifmytorturershouldsuspectthatIpostponedit,influencedbyhismenaces,hewouldsurelyfindotherandperhapsmoredreadfulmeansofrevenge.

           HehadvowedTOBEWITHMEONMYWEDDING-NIGHT,yethedidnotconsiderthatthreatasbindinghimtopeaceinthemeantime,forasiftoshowmethathewasnotyetsatiatedwithblood,hehadmurderedClervalimmediatelyaftertheenunciationofhisthreats.

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