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Chapter 27

           ToactasIhaveacted,tothinkasIhavethought,requiresthemaddeningloveofpleasure,mingledwiththekeenappetiteofrevenge,theproudconsciousnessofpower;droughtstoointoxicatingforthehumanhearttobear,andyetretainthepowertoprevent.Theirforcehaslongpassedaway—Agehasnopleasures,wrinkleshavenoinfluence,revengeitselfdiesawayinimpotentcurses.Thencomesremorse,withallitsvipers,mixedwithvainregretsforthepast,anddespairforthefuture!—Then,whenallotherstrongimpulseshaveceased,webecomelikethefiendsinhell,whomayfeelremorse,butneverrepentance.—Butthywordshaveawakenedanewsoulwithinme—Wellhastthousaid,allispossibleforthosewhodaretodie!—Thouhastshownmethemeansofrevenge,andbeassuredIwillembracethem.Ithashithertosharedthiswastedbosomwithotherandwithrivalpassions—henceforwarditshallpossessmewholly,andthouthyselfshaltsay,that,whateverwasthelifeofUlrica,herdeathwellbecamethedaughterofthenobleTorquil.Thereisaforcewithoutbeleagueringthisaccursedcastle—hastentoleadthemtotheattack,andwhenthoushaltseearedflagwavefromtheturretontheeasternangleofthedonjon,presstheNormanshard—theywillthenhaveenoughtodowithin,andyoumaywinthewallinspitebothofbowandmangonel.—Begone,Ipraythee—followthineownfate,andleavemetomine."

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