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Captivity: The Fifth Day

           Milady,beingwellpreparedforthereceptionofFelton,wasabletoerectherbatteriesforthenextday.Sheknewshehadonlytwodaysleft;thatwhenoncetheorderwassignedbyBuckingham—andBuckinghamwouldsignitthemorereadilyfromitsbearingafalsename,andhecouldnot,therefore,recognizethewomaninquestion—oncethisorderwassigned,wesay,thebaronwouldmakeherembarkimmediately,andsheknewverywellthatwomencondemnedtoexileemployarmsmuchlesspowerfulintheirseductionsthanthepretendedlyvirtuouswomanwhosebeautyislightedbythesunoftheworld,whosestylethevoiceoffashionlauds,andwhomahaloofaristocracygildswithenchantingsplendors.Tobeawomancondemnedtoapainfulanddisgracefulpunishmentisnoimpedimenttobeauty,butitisanobstacletotherecoveryofpower.Likeallpersonsofrealgenius,Miladyknewwhatsuitedhernatureandhermeans.Povertywasrepugnanttoher;degradationtookawaytwo-thirdsofhergreatness.Miladywasonlyaqueenwhileamongqueens.Thepleasureofsatisfiedpridewasnecessarytoherdomination.Tocommandinferiorbeingswasratherahumiliationthanapleasureforher.

           Sheshouldcertainlyreturnfromherexile—shedidnotdoubtthatasingleinstant;buthowlongmightthisexilelast?Foranactive,ambitiousnature,likethatofMilady,daysnotspentinclimbingareinauspiciousdays.

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