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Wieland; or The Transformation

CHAPTER XXI
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It is folly to conceal the truth from you, and, since it is only by disclosing the truth that you can be prevailed upon to lay aside this project, the truth shall be told.
"O my dear girl!" continued he with increasing energy in his accent, "your brother's phrenzy is, indeed, stupendous and frightful.

The soul that formerly actuated his frame has disappeared.

The same form remains; but the wise and benevolent Wieland is no more.

A fury that is rapacious of blood, that lifts his strength almost above that of mortals, that bends all his energies to the destruction of whatever was once dear to him, possesses him wholly.
"You must not enter his dungeon; his eyes will no sooner be fixed upon you, than an exertion of his force will be made.

He will shake off his fetters in a moment, and rush upon you.


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