The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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_Fisc._ And she exclaimed, I warrant--
_Har. Jun._ Yes; and called heaven and earth to witness. _Fisc._ Not after it was done? _Har. Jun._ More than before--desired me to have killed her. Even when I had not left her power to speak, she curst me with her eyes. _Fisc._ Nay, then, you did not please her; if you had, she ne'er had cursed you heartily. But we lose time: Since you have done this action, 'tis necessary you proceed; we must have no tales told. _Har. Jun._ What do you mean? _Fisc._ To dispatch her immediately; could you be so senseless to ravish her, and let her live? What if her husband should have found her? What if any other English? Come, there's no dallying; it must be done: My other plot is ripe, which shall destroy them all to-morrow. _Har. Jun._ I love her still to madness, and never can consent to have her killed. We'll thence remove her, if you please, and keep her safe till your intended plot shall take effect; and when her husband's gone, I'll win her love by every circumstance of kindness. _Fisc._ You may do so; but t'other is the safer way: But I'll not stand with you for one life. I could have wished that Towerson had been killed before I had proceeded to my plot; but since it cannot be, we must go on; conduct me where you left her. |
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