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I was sworn by my patron saint, and faithfully
did I keep the vow, until the man they call Ishmael forgot the terms
by offering violence. I then made my appearance on the rock, for the
time too was passed; though I even think father Ignatius would have
absolved me from the vow, on account of the treachery of my keepers."
"If he had not," muttered the youth between his compressed teeth, "I
would have absolved him for ever from his spiritual care of your
conscience!"
"You, Middleton!" returned his wife looking up into his flushed face,
while a bright blush suffused her own sweet countenance; "you may
receive my vows, but surely you can have no power to absolve me from
their observance!"
"No, no, no. Inez, you are right. I know but little of these
conscientious subtilties, and I am any thing but a priest: yet tell
me, what has induced these monsters to play this desperate game--to
trifle thus with my happiness?"
"You know my ignorance of the world, and how ill I am qualified to
furnish reasons for the conduct of beings so different from any I have
ever seen before.


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