Captivity: The Fifth Day

           Miladyhadhoweverachievedahalf-triumph,andsuccessdoubledherforces.

           Itwasnotdifficulttoconquer,asshehadhithertodone,menprompttoletthemselvesbeseduced,andwhomthegallanteducationofacourtledquicklyintohernet.Miladywashandsomeenoughnottofindmuchresistanceonthepartoftheflesh,andshewassufficientlyskillfultoprevailoveralltheobstaclesofthemind.

           Butthistimeshehadtocontendwithanunpolishednature,concentratedandinsensiblebyforceofausterity.ReligionanditsobservanceshadmadeFeltonamaninaccessibletoordinaryseductions.Therefermentedinthatsublimatedbrainplanssovast,projectssotumultuous,thatthereremainednoroomforanycapriciousormateriallovethatsentimentwhichisfedbyleisureandgrowswithcorruption.Miladyhad,then,madeabreachbyherfalsevirtueintheopinionofamanhorriblyprejudicedagainsther,andbyherbeautyintheheartofamanhithertochasteandpure.Inshort,shehadtakenthemeasureofmotiveshithertounknowntoherself,throughthisexperiment,madeuponthemostrebellioussubjectthatnatureandreligioncouldsubmittoherstudy.

           Manyatime,nevertheless,duringtheeveningshedespairedoffateandofherself.ShedidnotinvokeGod,weverywellknow,butshehadfaithinthegeniusofevilthatimmensesovereigntywhichreignsinallthedetailsofhumanlife,andbywhich,asintheArabianfable,asinglepomegranateseedissufficienttoreconstructaruinedworld.

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