Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    care we shall not be disturbed. I have locked the door leading hither. See, here is the key.” “ Let me pass,” said the terror-stricken girl, her whole body trembling. “If thou wilt not, I will call for help.” “ It would be useless ; no one can hear thee. Thou didst escape me before, but thou snalt not this time. Listen, girl, to-night I leave here, and thou must go with me. My men are even now ready waiting in the courtyard. Come thou shalt, I swear. No woman yet has re- fused Wolf; I will even marry thee, if it is thy wish. Give me thy promise not to try to escape, and thou shalt go with me un- touched. If not, I will gag thee, and carry thee by force. Dost thou hear me ? ” he cried, fiercely, as he came closer, with a dangerous glitter in his eyes. “ Coward ! Craven ! That is my answer,” she cried, as with all the strength she pos- sessed, she struck him full in the face. “ So ho, my beauty, thou meanest fight. Peste on thee,” he said, his face flushed with passion, as he tried to throw his arms around her.
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