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 to see her no more, sooner than cause you one hour's uneasiness. Be satisfied at least, that she abhors me.

"None of this whispering," said Lady Margaret, smiling gently, at least in my presence. "I never loved before as now," said Glenarvon, aloud. "Never," said Lady Margaret, with an incredulous and scornful smile. "No,"said Glenarvon, still gazing on Calantha; "all is candour, innocence, frankness in that heart, the one I idolized too long, was like my own utterly corrupted." "You wrong the lady," said Lady Margaret carelessly. "She had her errors, I acknowledge; but the coldness of Glenarvon's heart, its duplicity, its malignity, is unrivalled." Calantha, deeply interested and agitated, could not quit the room. Glenarvon had seized her hand, his eyes fixed upon her, seemed alone intent on penetrating her feelings: she burst into tears: he approached and kissed her. "You shall not tear her her from me," he said, to Lady Margaret,