"Remove your hand, villain, nor dare to pollute me with your touch!"
exclaimed Emily, shaking off his hand as though it had been
contamination.
The hitherto placid features of the attorney darkened into a scowl of
malignity, as he said,
"Madam, we have been too long subject to your caprice. Here let it end.
Know that mighty interests depend upon the union this day to be
consummated, and we refuse longer to submit to your whims."
"Yes, Emily, the honor and safety of your family name depend upon your
acquiescence in this plan," said Jaspar, whose passion had moderated a
little.
"I will never countenance any of your unhallowed plots," replied Emily,
and she again moved towards the door.
"You leave not the room till you consent to this union," interposed De
Guy.
"Stand from my path, or I will summon assistance!"
"Your summons would be in vain."
With a proud step and a curling lip, Emily attempted to advance; but De
Guy seized her by the arm, and restrained her. She struggled to free
herself from the villain's grasp, without success.
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