9/24 Hark you! you have done that to-night for which I am almost tempted to put this dagger into your heart, woman as you are! You have come between me and my victim--between me and my enemy. I had summed up all my wrongs, intending their settlement to-night. You have thwarted all my hopes--you have defrauded me of all my anticipations. What is it prevents me from putting you to death on the spot? I have no fears, no loves, to hold and keep me back. |