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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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292 THE SIX SISTEES OF THE VALLEYS.<br />

love you ; I make myself inconsistent ; for<br />

do you not know <strong>the</strong> object <strong>of</strong> my mission<br />

here ? It is to convert your Churches,<br />

<strong>an</strong>d yet for <strong>the</strong> love <strong>of</strong> you I will tolerate<br />

what I hate like sin."<br />

" I c<strong>an</strong>not—indeed I c<strong>an</strong>not ! "Would<br />

you care for a heart whose love is given to<br />

<strong>an</strong>o<strong>the</strong>r ?"<br />

" To <strong>an</strong>o<strong>the</strong>r ? "Whom c<strong>an</strong> you have<br />

seen ? How c<strong>an</strong> a person in your position<br />

have seen <strong>an</strong>ybody who could be my rival ?<br />

Think <strong>of</strong> what you are rejecting. You<br />

shall become mistress <strong>of</strong> my estates on <strong>the</strong><br />

Mincio, <strong>an</strong>d <strong>of</strong> those near Genoa ; you shall<br />

have whatever luxury wealth c<strong>an</strong> give to<br />

minister to your pleasures."<br />

" I have been brought up to prefer<br />

truth <strong>an</strong>d purity <strong>of</strong> conscience to all <strong>the</strong><br />

good things which <strong>the</strong> world c<strong>an</strong> give."<br />

" That is your way <strong>of</strong> talking, I know,"<br />

replied <strong>the</strong> Marquis, " but it is a different<br />

thing when you are tried. Very few c<strong>an</strong><br />

resist <strong>the</strong>se worldly goods when <strong>the</strong>re is a

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