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Wieland; or The Transformation

CHAPTER XI
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Inform him of his danger; tell him that his crimes are known; let him fly far and instantly from this spot, if he desires to avoid the fate which menaced him in Ireland.
"And wilt thou not stay behind ?--But shame upon my weakness.

I know not what I would say .-- I have done what I purposed.

To stay longer, to expostulate, to beseech, to enumerate the consequences of thy act--what end can it serve but to blazon thy infamy and embitter our woes?
And yet, O think, think ere it be too late, on the distresses which thy flight will entail upon us; on the base, grovelling, and atrocious character of the wretch to whom thou hast sold thy honor.

But what is this?
Is not thy effrontery impenetrable, and thy heart thoroughly cankered?
O most specious, and most profligate of women!" Saying this, he rushed out of the house.

I saw him in a few moments hurrying along the path which led to my brother's.


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