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Chapter 24

           "Thatisatruepicture!"shesaidunderherbreath"Geoffrey,itispainfullytrue!"

           ImadenoanswerIthoughtIknewtowhatshealluded;butalas!Ididnotknowhowdeeplythe‘seedsofcorruption’hadbeensowninherownnature,orwhataharvesttheywouldbringforth.Thecurtainclosedtoopenagainalmostimmediatelyon"HisLatestPurchase."Herewewereshowntheinteriorofaluxuriousmoderndrawing-room,whereabouteightortenmenwereassembled,infashionableevening-dress.Theyhadevidentlyjustrisenfromacard-tableandoneofthem,adissipatedlookingbrute,withawickedsmileofmingledsatireandtriumphonhisfacewaspointingtohis‘purchase,’abeautifulwoman.Shewascladinglisteningwhitelikeabridebutshewasbound,asprisonersarebound,toanuprightcolumn,onwhichthegrinningheadofamarbleSilenusleeredaboveher.Herhandsweretiedtightlytogetherwithchainsofdiamonds;herwaistwasboundwiththickropesofpearls;awidecollarofrubiesencircledherthroat;andfrombosomtofeetshewasnettedaboutandtiedwithstringsofgoldandgems.Herheadwasflungbackdefiantlywithanassumptionofprideandscornhereyesaloneexpressedshame,self-contempt,anddespairatherbondage.

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