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

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MORAL HEROISM. 57<br />

by causing a smile to rest on his dying<br />

features, or by effecting his release ? Oh no,<br />

it is <strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> love to forget self, <strong>an</strong>d to<br />

dare to do what is right ! My<br />

heart would<br />

reproach me did I leave my beloved alone; he<br />

shall at least know that his wife loves him to<br />

<strong>the</strong> end, <strong>an</strong>d c<strong>an</strong> brave death by his side."<br />

" <strong>The</strong>n, Marguerite, gr<strong>an</strong>t me one re-<br />

quest. I love you as my life ; our hearts<br />

are twins as well as our bodies. I will not<br />

leave you. I will come with you. God<br />

c<strong>an</strong> preserve us. Surely <strong>the</strong>y do not thirst<br />

for our blood."<br />

" My Madeleine, your <strong>of</strong>fer is indeed a<br />

noble triumph. But as my venture will be<br />

attended with d<strong>an</strong>ger, you had better leave<br />

me to go alone, <strong>an</strong>d not risk your own life."<br />

" Xo, no ; I am determined. I shall<br />

cleave to you. I am in one sense alone ;<br />

my husb<strong>an</strong>d is dead ; my children are scat-<br />

tered or martyred; I shall see <strong>the</strong>m no<br />

more. It is better for me to die. At<br />

least I will share your fate. I feel a mo-

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