The Hunchback by James Sheridan Knowles
page 89 of 136 (65%)
page 89 of 136 (65%)
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Define the texture of, or eye detect,
That's forged by the subtle craft of love! No need to tell you that he wears it. Such The cunning of the hand that plied the loom, You've but to mark the straining of his eye, To feel the coil yourself! Julia. I feel't without! You've finished with the third side; now the fourth! Wal. It brings us to a dungeon, then. Julia. The page, The thrall of love, more than the dungeon's thrall, Is there? Wal. He is. He lies in fetters. Julia. Hard! Hard as the steel, the hands that put them on. Wal. Some one unrivets them! Julia. The princess? 'Tis! Wal. It is another page. Julia. It is herself! Wal. Her skin is fair; and his is berry-brown. |
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