Her Royal Lover: A Novel — page 35: what you’re looking at

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HER ROYAL LOVER. ~ | Q7 — —- -—= his tone: “Najeska Ivanowna! there is yet time—in the name of Heaven—in the name of your past love, listen to me!” said he. “That is what I will not do, count. I refuse abso- lutely.” | “And why?” | “Why—because I am the wife of another, and that nothing which I do is concealed from my hus- band. If the Prince of Mineleko suspected that which has just passed between us, he would know how to disembarrass me of your persecutions. Has not report then taught you that one may not jest with Louis Michailowitch, Prince of Mineleko? Now, Iam not one of these women who bring mis- fortune and scandal upon the heads of others.” “And is it from me, madam, that you wish to avert misfortune? So then!—this is a sarcasm.” “Yes, I wish to prevent a misfortune, and an irreparable misfortune, for if my husband saw you paying addresses to me, he would challenge you to a duel, and then——” “It is truly high time to have such a great fore- thought for me. But who other than you, madam, has crushed me under the weight of misfortune which I must endure? Was it as a proof of your — solicitude for me that you consented to put in parallel with my poverty and my love, the millions and the position of the Prince of Mineleko? Was it still through solicitude, through love even, that you placed yourself on that side of the scale where fortune weighed the balance, and that you did not hesitate between him who brought you riches and honor and him who could offer you nothing but poverty, and——” “Ah, Waldemar, you are severe—you are cruel!” — cComicbooks (E(0)