the witch's vengeance, part 2

look upon me as a lost and abandoned creature like a leaf blown in the wind a spark glimmered in the fireplace all his insolence was gone a traitor to good feeling and honour with a desperate melancholy truly a lost and abandoned creature bereft of all high born dignity the very picture of melancholy such is female curiosity and vengefulness the loss of good feeling and honor a light glimmered outside the window with a melancholy glow she despised him utterly as weak as a starved rat the dark prophecies had come to pass such is the wrath of woman like the wind in the trees may you renounce me from that moment the rat ran from the corner insolently surrendering itself i scorn you utterly in your pathetic disguise "thus ends a once proud race" the prophecies have come to pass recognized in spite of your disguise a light glimmered in the window behind her sources: castle of otranto; mysteries of udolpho; a sicilian romance; the old english baron; the monk; emmeline, or the orphan of the castle; melmoth the wanderer; frankenstein; the vampyre, by john polidori; lady audley's secret; run to earth, by mary e braddon; the moonstone; no name.

the witch's vengeance, part 1

a traitor to good feeling and honor as weak as a starved rat such is female curiosity and affectation his body is hidden in some corner looked upon as a lost and abandoned creature the singing of the wind among the leaves may you renounce me from that moment she surveyed him with high displeasure his body was hidden in some corner with a melancholy interest is it insolence thus to surrender myself darkening with prophetic interest recognized in spite of my disguise darkening with a melancholy gloom recognized in spite of my disguise as weak as a starved rat may you renounce me from that moment while i crouch in a dark corner damned for all eternity such is female curiosity and affectation cowering before the flickering fire a light glimmered in the window as she approached the wind sang among the scattering leaves a traitor to all decent feeling cowering in the corner under the window she surveyed him with contempt "so ended the once proud line of the caskers" sources: castle of otranto; mysteries of udolpho; a sicilian romance; the old english baron; the monk; emmeline, or the orphan of the castle; melmoth the wanderer; frankenstein; the vampyre, by john polidori; lady audley's secret; run to earth, by mary e braddon; the moonstone; no name.