The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 327: what you’re looking at

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310 THE COURT OF LONDON remember,” he added, fixing upon her an earnest, warning gaze, ““if you betray me, then farewell love, farewell the safety which | may guarantee to your sisters and yourself, farewell everything, save the implacable vengeance which I will wreak upon you.”’ Having thus spoken, the royal equerry hurried away toward the villa, avoiding altogether the border of the lake as he thus retraced his steps homeward. Some minutes elapsed before Emma could in any way succeed in calming the flutterings of her heart or reason herseli into tranquillity. She was now entirely absorbed in this new passion which had suddenly blazed up in her heart, being so unexpectedly and copiously fed by the burn- ing fuel which Bergami’s conduct had imparted to it.- In- deed, so complete was the influence which that man had in so short a time succeeded in gaining over her, that she was resolved, as tar as she was able, to follow his injunctions in respect to keeping their amour secret. That is to say, she decided upon telling her sisters as httle on the subject as possible, lest by any chance an unfortunate look, or a word too full of meaning on their part, should prove to Bergami that she had betrayed him and thus alienate him from her for ever. Having settled this determination in her mind, and having composed her looks and her thoughts as well as she was able, she issued forth from the shady bower formed by the group of trees, and retraced her way along the bank of Lake Leman toward the Jetty, in order to rejoin her sisters. But in the meantime what had happened to Agatha and Juha? For while Emma was engaged with Bergami in the manner just described, her two sisters were experiencing an adventure which, although appearing at the moment to be but of trivial importance in comparison with the other exciting circumstances that surrounded them, was never- theless destined to prove most grave and serious in its results. On parting so abruptly from Emma and Bergami, Agatha and Julia sped along the shore of the lake in the direction of the jetty whence they had ere now started. “Think you that Emma will succeed with the equerry? ”’ asked Julia. ‘‘ Oh, if he were to yield to her seductiveness, her wiles, her fascinations! ”’ ‘Tt would indeed be most important for us,’’ rephed Gomichoo ni, cS (E(0)