Nor will I deny but that I should
have regretted that I owed my deliverance to any other; for an enamoured
heart feels an extreme pleasure, Eliza, in being under some obligations
to the object beloved; its faint flame becomes stronger and brighter
when it thinks it can discharge them by granting some favours. Yes, I am
charmed that he assisted me and risked his life for me, for this seems
to give his passion a right of conquest; I rejoice that the danger I was
in threw me into his hands. If common reports be true, and Heaven should
grant my brother's return, I wish fervently, and with all my heart, that
his arm may aid my brother to recover his throne, and punish a traitor;
that his heroic valour may be successful, and thus deserve my brother's
utmost gratitude. But for all this, if he continues to rouse my anger;
if he does not lay aside his jealousy, and obey me in whatever I
command, he in vain aspires to the hand of Donna Elvira. Marriage can
never unite us; for I abhor bonds, which, undoubtedly, would then make a
hell upon earth for both of us.
EL. Although one may hold different opinions, the Prince, Madam, should
conform himself to your desires; they are so clearly set down in your
note that, when he sees them thus explained, he.
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