Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 2

Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 2

Some corrections of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are marked like this in the text. The original text appears when hovering the cursor over the marked text. A list of amendments is at the end of the text. When, after some days interval, the Spaniard attempted to describe his feelings on the receipt of his brothers letter, the sudden resuscitation of heart, and hope, and existence, that followed its perusal, he trembled,uttered some inarticulate sounds;wept;and his agitation appeared to Melmoth, with his uncontinental feelings, so violent, that he entreated him to spare the description of his feelings, and proceed with his narrative. You are right, said the Spaniard, drying his tears, joy is a convulsion, but grief is a habit, and to describe what we never can communicate, is as absurd as to talk of colours to the blind. I will hasten on, not to tell of my feelings, but of the results which they produced. A new world of hope was opened to me. I thought I saw liberty on the face of heaven when I walked in the garden. I laughed at the jar of the doors as they opened, and said to myself, You shall soon expand to me for ever. I behaved with uncommon complacency to the community. But I did not, amid all this, neglect the most scrupulous precautions suggested by my brother. Am I confessing the strength or the weakness of my heart? In the midst of all the systematic dissimulation that I was prepared and eager to carry on, the only circumstance that gave me real compunction, was my being obliged to destroy the letters of that dear and generous youth who had risked every thing for my emancipation. In the mean time, I pursued my preparations with industry inconceivable to you, who have never been in a convent. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53686
Author: Maturin, Charles Robert
Release Date: Dec 7, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English