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Captivity: The Fifth Day

           "Iwishedtomakeaneffort;Iattemptedtocryout.ByanincredibleeffortofwillIevenraisedmyselfup,butonlytosinkdownagainimmediately,andtofallintothearmsofmypersecutor."

           "Tellmewhothismanwas!"criedtheyoungofficer.

           MiladysawatasingleglanceallthepainfulfeelingssheinspiredinFeltonbydwellingoneverydetailofherrecital;butshewouldnotsparehimasinglepang.Themoreprofoundlyshewoundedhisheart,themorecertainlyhewouldavengeher.Shecontinued,then,asifshehadnotheardhisexclamation,orasifshethoughtthemomentwasnotyetcometoreplytoit.

           "Onlythistimeitwasnolongeraninertbody,withoutfeeling,thatthevillainhadtodealwith.Ihavetoldyouthatwithoutbeingabletoregainthecompleteexerciseofmyfaculties,Iretainedthesenseofmydanger.Istruggled,then,withallmystrength,anddoubtlessopposed,weakasIwas,alongresistance,forIheardhimcryout,‘ThesemiserablePuritans!Iknewverywellthattheytiredouttheirexecutioners,butIdidnotbelievethemsostrongagainsttheirlovers!’

           "Alas!thisdesperateresistancecouldnotlastlong.Ifeltmystrengthfail,andthistimeitwasnotmysleepthatenabledthecowardtoprevail,butmyswoon."

           Feltonlistenedwithoututteringanywordorsound,exceptaninwardexpressionofagony.Thesweatstreameddownhismarbleforehead,andhishand,underhiscoat,torehisbreast.

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