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The Albigenses, a Romance. by the Author of "bertram"
The Albigenses a Romance by the Author of bertram Author:Charles Robert Maturin General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Original Publisher: Published by Bliss and White Subjects: Fiction Albigenses History / Europe / France History / Medieval Religion / Christianity / History Religion / History Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR repri... more »nt of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. What means this tumult in a Vestal's veins ? Pope. Though Genevieve's wound on examination proved so slight that it was obvious the archer had purposely consulted her safety while he gave it, the tenderness of the queen would not suffer her for some days to quit her cell or her pallet. This interval she passed almost in utter solitude ; for Ingelbwg, exhausted by fatigue and emotion, remained in her apartment; and the nuns, when they had discovered that their guest was a heretic, (from her possessing neither cross nor rosary, and making no use of holy water) took care to remain no longer near her than was necessary for dressing her wound and supplying her with food. This solitude was as delicious to her as it was dangerous. Even amid suffering and peril the images of both had been effaced by the parting exclamation of Amirald ; and now, in the stillness and repose of her cell, her mental eye rested with unwearied luxury of gaze on the bright scenes of its internal and new-found world of felicity. From the moment that she had felt that compassion for a wounded and deserted youth was rapidly exchanging for a sensation new, indefinable, and tumultuous, she guarded her heart against his image with a vigilance and firmness that suffered itself neither to be surprised nor seduced into admitting its approach for a moment. The insurmountable inequalities of rank and of religion, ...« less