? ? ? ? 'If I would be spared!' returned the other fiercely; 'what is there in common between US, do you think!'
? ? ? ? 'Nothing but our sex,' said Emily, with a burst of tears.
? ? ? ? 'And that,' said Rosa Dartle, 'is so strong a claim, preferred by one so infamous, that if I had any feeling in my breast but scorn and abhorrence of you, it would freeze it up. Our sex! You are an honour to our sex!'
? ? ? ? 'I have deserved this,' said Emily, 'but it's dreadful! Dear, dear lady, think what I have suffered, and how I am fallen! Oh, Martha, come back! Oh, home, home!'
? ? ? ? Miss Dartle placed herself in a chair, within view of the door, and looked downward, as if Emily were crouching on the floor before her. Being now between me and the light, I could see her curled lip, and her cruel eyes intently fixed on one place, with a greedy triumph.
? ? ? ? 'Listen to what I say!' she said; 'and reserve your false arts for your dupes. Do you hope to move me by your tears? No more than you could charm me by your smiles, you purchased slave.'
? ? ? ? 'Oh, have some mercy on me!' cried Emily. 'Show me some compassion, or I shall die mad!'
? ? ? ? 'It would be no great penance,' said Rosa Dartle, 'for your crimes.
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