"I have no desire to drive you to destruction.

Think over what I have said to you, and we will renew the subject tomorrow." "Renew it when you please, my lord, my answer will still be the same," she replied.

"I have but one refuge from you--the grave--and thither, if need be, I will fly." And as she spoke, she moved slowly towards the adjoining chamber, the door of which she fastened after her.
"I thought I had some experience of her sex," said Rochester to himself, "but I find I was mistaken.

To-morrow's mood, however, may be unlike to-day's.

At all events, I must take my measures differently." * * * * * V.
THE MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Unwilling to believe he had become an object of aversion to Amabel, Rochester renewed his solicitations on the following day, and calling into play his utmost fascination of manner, endeavoured to remove any ill impression produced by his previous violence.