 ... Something seems to oppress me — I am faint — I can scarcely breathe — Myrrhina shall give you the missive to-morrow. In the meantime, we are alone. Esca, you will not betray me. I can depend upon you. You are my slave, is it not so ? This shall...  Peccavi! Or, Geoffrey Singleton's mistake - Page 23by Arthur George F. Griffiths - 1870Full view - About this book
 | George John Whyte- Melville - 1863 - 336 pages
...you. You are my slave, is it not so ? This shall be your manacle !" While she yet spoke, she took the bracelet from her arm and tried to clasp it round his wrist ; but the glittering fetter was too narrow for the largeboned Briton, and she could not make it meet.... | |
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