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Captivity: The First Day

           Besides,todoallthis,timeisnecessarymonths,years;andshehastenortwelvedays,asLorddeWinter,herfraternalandterriblejailer,hastoldher.

           Andyet,ifshewereamanshewouldattemptallthis,andperhapsmightsucceed;why,then,didheavenmakethemistakeofplacingthatmanlikesoulinthatfrailanddelicatebody?

           Thefirstmomentsofhercaptivitywereterrible;afewconvulsionsofragewhichshecouldnotsuppresspaidherdebtoffeminineweaknesstonature.Butbydegreessheovercametheoutburstsofhermadpassion;andnervoustremblingswhichagitatedherframedisappeared,andsheremainedfoldedwithinherselflikeafatiguedserpentinrepose.

           "Goto,goto!Imusthavebeenmadtoallowmyselftobecarriedawayso,"saysshe,gazingintotheglass,whichreflectsbacktohereyestheburningglancebywhichsheappearstointerrogateherself."Noviolence;violenceistheproofofweakness.Inthefirstplace,Ihaveneversucceededbythatmeans.PerhapsifIemployedmystrengthagainstwomenImightperchancefindthemweakerthanmyself,andconsequentlyconquerthem;butitiswithmenthatIstruggle,andIambutawomantothem.Letmefightlikeawoman,then;mystrengthisinmyweakness."

           Then,asiftorenderanaccounttoherselfofthechangesshecouldplaceuponhercountenance,somobileandsoexpressive,shemadeittakeallexpressionsfromthatofpassionateanger,whichconvulsedherfeatures,tothatofthemostsweet,mostaffectionate,andmostseducingsmile.

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