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Wysłany: Śro 2:25, 16 Lut 2011 Temat postu: DidnotIendeavourtopreventyourbeingsent
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ribedinlegiblecharactersuponhiscountenance.Butnowheappeared
likenothingthathadeverbeenvisibleinhumanshape.Hisvisagewas
haggardemaciatedandfleshless.Hiscomplexionwasadunandtar-
nishedredthecolouruniformthrougheveryregionofthefaceandsug-
gestedtheideaofitsbeingburntandparchedbytheeternalfirethat
burnedwithinhim.Hiseyeswereredquickwanderingfullofsuspi-
cionandrage.Hishairwasneglectedraggedandfloating.Hiswhole
figurewasthintoadegreethatsuggestedtheidearatherofaskeleton
thanapersonactuallyalive.Lifeseemedhardlytobethecapableinhab-
itantofsowoe-begoneandghost-likeafigure.Thetaperofwholesome
lifewasexpired;butpassionandfiercenessandfrenzywereablefor
the present to supply its place.
Iwastotheutmostdegreeastonishedandshockedatthesightof
him.—He sternly commanded my conductors to leave the room.
WellsirIhavethisdaysuccessfullyexertedmyselftosaveyourlife
fromthegallows.Afortnightagoyoudidwhatyouwereabletobring
my life to that ignominious close.
Wereyousostupidandundistinguishingasnottoknowthatthepre-
servationofyourlifewastheuniformobjectofmyexertions?DidnotI
maintainyouinprison?DidnotIendeavourtopreventyourbeingsent
thither?CouldyoumistakethebigotedandobstinateconductofForest-
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