Beautiful Rienzi; or, The secret vendetta — page 141: what you’re looking at

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136 BEAUTIFUL RIENZI, But different as are the perfumes, I shall never, to the day of my death, approach the night-blooming cereus, without a return of all the horrors of that awful night, and a faintness chill as death, stealing over me, to remind me of one of the most blood-curdling episodes of my existence. CHAPTER XVII. THERE ARE FRIENDS, AND. FRIENDS—WITH A DIFFERENCE. ‘*T bless thee, for thy lips are bland, And bright the friendship of thine eye; And in my thoughts with scarce a sigh, I take the pressure of thine hand,’”—TENNYSON. I shall pass over two days with a somewhat hasty review, for, in truth, | was not competent for much, for that time, as [ was more than half an invalid and the doctor strictly forbade me to take any part in the arrangements of the family, or to excite myself in the slightest. So I spent most of the time in my sister’s room, where my slight illness had the effect of rousing her wonderfully into kind and loving cares for me. To teli the truth, I had been frightened almost to death, and could not, for some time after the occurrence, raise my spirits from the depression that weighed upon them. I was happy with my dear Isolina, however, and since neither of us was capable of bearing much excitement, we never alluced to subjects which were not of a calm and cheerful nature; and I was happy to see that my presence was a source of deep pleasure to her, and tuat she clung to me more closely than ever. I heard little of the plans which were being made by my parents and our friends for our future movements. From this time the burden of anxiety was taken from my shoulders and borne by other hands, and I sank into the place which was best suited to me—that of nurse or com- panion to my beloved sister. I was given to understand, however, by my mother, who had sustained almost as severe a shock as I in hearing of my adventure, that a vigorous search had been commenced for the would-be assassin, under the directions of Mr. Spein- gle. Mr. Lindhurst, with whom my father consulted about COMICOOO S (©)