Wild Hyacinth - 1875 Author:Randolph Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 54 CHAPTER III. " What shall I do to win my lord again ? Good friend, go to him ; for, by this light of heaven, I know not how I lost him. Here I kneel: If... more » e'er my will did trespass 'gainst his love, Either in discourse or thought or actual deed; Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense, Delighted them in any other form; Or that I do not yet, and ever did, And ever will—though he do shake me off To beggarly divorcement,—love him dearly, Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love." Othello. TT was late in the afternoon when Hyacinth '' awoke from heavy slumber, with the absolute physical pain of the headache considerably diminished, but with a feeling of great general discomfort, and with the oppression of that undefined weight of woe so well known to those who have gone to rest in sorrow. That something terrible had happened, and that she was very miserable, were the only clearly- defined feelings in her mind; and she lay for some little time trying languidly to recall what had occurred. Then a note on the table beside her caught her eye, and, with the sight of Wilfred's well-known handwriting, the whole of the circumstances with which he was connected flashed at once into her mind. That he should have written to her after what had occurred struck her as the height of audacity. Should she return the letter unopened ? Surely it would be the clearest way of showing that she was too deeply offended ever again to hold the least communication with him. She could not decide, and lay back dreamily, endeavouring to make up her mind, until she remembered that he was engaged to dine there that evening. Doubtless it was an excuse—under the circumstances, he must feel it impossible to fulfil his engagement—it w...« less