11/30 I have given the villain his _nunc dimittis_ once and forever, and you will never see him more." "But I fear, papa," she replied, feebly, "that, as I said before, it is now too late. I know not how I will pass this night. I dread the hours of sleep above all conditions of my unhappy existence. O, no wonder that the entrance of that man-demon to our house should be heralded by the storms and hurricanes of heaven, and that the terrible fury of the elements, as indicative of the Almighty's anger, should mark his introduction to our family. |