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Chapter 24

           "Thatisatruepicture!"shesaidunderherbreath—"Geoffrey,itispainfullytrue!"

           Imadenoanswer—IthoughtIknewtowhatshealluded;butalas!—Ididnotknowhowdeeplythe‘seedsofcorruption’hadbeensowninherownnature,orwhataharvesttheywouldbringforth.Thecurtainclosed—toopenagainalmostimmediatelyon"HisLatestPurchase."Herewewereshowntheinteriorofaluxuriousmoderndrawing-room,whereabouteightortenmenwereassembled,infashionableevening-dress.Theyhadevidentlyjustrisenfromacard-table—andoneofthem,adissipatedlookingbrute,withawickedsmileofmingledsatireandtriumphonhisfacewaspointingtohis‘purchase,’—abeautifulwoman.Shewascladinglisteningwhitelikeabride—butshewasbound,asprisonersarebound,toanuprightcolumn,onwhichthegrinningheadofamarbleSilenusleeredaboveher.Herhandsweretiedtightlytogether—withchainsofdiamonds;herwaistwasbound—withthickropesofpearls;—awidecollarofrubiesencircledherthroat;—andfrombosomtofeetshewasnettedaboutandtied—withstringsofgoldandgems.Herheadwasflungbackdefiantlywithanassumptionofprideandscorn—hereyesaloneexpressedshame,self-contempt,anddespairatherbondage.

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