[The Monk; a romance by M. G. Lewis]@TWC D-Link bookThe Monk; a romance CHAPTER I 31/135
Go where you will, my vengeance shall follow you!' She accompanied these words with a look sufficient to make me tremble. I answered not, but hastened to quit the Castle. As my Chaise drove out of the Court, I looked up to the windows of your Sister's chamber.
Nobody was to be seen there: I threw myself back despondent in my Carriage.
I was attended by no other servants than a Frenchman whom I had hired at Strasbourg in Stephano's room, and my little Page whom I before mentioned to you.
The fidelity, intelligence, and good temper of Theodore had already made him dear to me; But He now prepared to lay an obligation on me, which made me look upon him as a Guardian Genius.
Scarcely had we proceeded half a mile from the Castle, when He rode up to the Chaise-door. 'Take courage, Segnor!' said He in Spanish, which He had already learnt to speak with fluency and correctness.
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