Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 213: what you’re looking at

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200 ANGELINA 3 OR, The Marquis Florendos, however, held a most paramount sway ver her, although she had hitherto resisted all his importunities, and she now ‘determined to make him the instrument to effect the revenge she basely contemplated against her husband. . - The Marquis Florendos, as his name will imply, wasa foreign nobleman, with whom Orillia bad first become acquainted with in Italy, and his person and manners had immediately made a deep and lasting impression upon that weak and guilty-disposed woman's heart. The marquis was a man about her own age—tall, handsome, and particularly gallant. But his breast little cerresponded with his exterior ;—it was the receptacle of every vice, and there was nothing which he would not hesitate to perform fer the gratification of his desires. He had wealth in abundance, and, therefore, his amours were generally attended with success. He no sooner saw the Baroness de Morton, than she inspired in him all those powerful passions of lust and desire, which had often driven him to:such desperate extremities, and had rendered his name proverbial as a libertine and debauchee, all over Italy. The Baron de Morton had ever seemed to view the Marquis Florendos with an eye of suspicion, and it was that which, probably, made Orillia so resolutely resist all the advances which the latter made towards her, altheugh she had frequently admitted to him, that he held the entire possession of her heart. More than once had the marquis endeavoured to persuade her to elope with him, promising to remain constant, to her while life should last—and a thou- sand times declaring that no other woman besides herself, ever had, er could . hold possession of his affections; but still the baroness remained firm to her first resolution, which was uever to yield to the wishes of Florendos, until such time as the behaviour of De Morton became so as to be insupportable, when she would contrive some means to rid herself of him altogether, and to reinstate the former in his place, only on the condition that he undertook to accomplish whatever she might require of him. The Marquis Florendos received the epistle from Orillia, with mingled feel- ings of astonishment and hope, and he bad no sooner read the contents, than he started to the castle with all the expédition that he could make use of 3; and on his arrival there, was ushered inte the apartment in which the baroness was seated, impatiently awaiting his arrival. She smiled graciously on his entrance, and beckoned him to approach. Florendos advanced to the splendid ottoman on which Orillia was reclining, and taking her hand, pressed it fer- vently to his lips. She did not offer to repulse him; and surprised at this sud- den change in her conduct, he awaited with impatience to hear her speak, but finding she did not offer to do so, he said,— “You sent for me, Orillia, fer by that familiar name I must be permitted to call you.” “I did send for you, marquis,’’ replied Orillia, exhibiting some slight cun- fusion, which, however, soon vanished ;—* you are punctual.” ‘And think you, dearest woman,” cried the hypocrite, ‘that Florendos woula delay a moment, when Orillia needed his advice or assistance ?”’ ** Florendos,” observed Orillia, ‘‘ my business with you ean be tuld in a few -wordss but you will promise not to betray me, ifeven you thiak proper to de cline being put to the test I shall require of you?” \ COMIC OOOKS. EO