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Captivity: The Third Day

           "Whomdoyoucall‘thatwretch’?"askedFelton.

           "Arethere,then,inEnglandtwomentowhomsuchanepithetcanbeapplied?"

           "YoumeanGeorgeVilliers?"askedFelton,whoselooksbecameexcited.

           "WhomPagansandunbelievingGentilescallDukeofBuckingham,"repliedMilady."IcouldnothavethoughtthattherewasanEnglishmaninallEnglandwhowouldhaverequiredsolonganexplanationtomakehimunderstandofwhomIwasspeaking."

           "ThehandoftheLordisstretchedoverhim,"saidFelton;"hewillnotescapethechastisementhedeserves."

           Feltononlyexpressed,withregardtotheduke,thefeelingofexecrationwhichalltheEnglishhaddeclaredtowardhimwhomtheCatholicsthemselvescalledtheextortioner,thepillager,thedebauchee,andwhomthePuritansstyledsimplySatan.

           "Oh,myGod,myGod!"criedMilady;"whenIsupplicatetheetopouruponthismanthechastisementwhichishisdue,thouknowestitisnotmyownvengeanceIpursue,butthedeliveranceofawholenationthatIimplore!"

           "Doyouknowhim,then?"askedFelton.

           "Atlengthheinterrogatesme!"saidMiladytoherself,attheheightofjoyathavingobtainedsoquicklysuchagreatresult."Oh,knowhim?Yes,yes!tomymisfortune,tomyeternalmisfortune!"andMiladytwistedherarmsasifinaparoxysmofgrief.

           Feltonnodoubtfeltwithinhimselfthathisstrengthwasabandoninghim,andhemadeseveralstepstowardthedoor;buttheprisoner,whoseeyeneverlefthim,spranginpursuitofhimandstoppedhim.

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