...my heart consented to what you did. We two slew yonder wretch. The deed knots us together for tune and eternity, like the coil of a serpent! " They threw...first moments, was the union, that it seemed as if thennew sympathy annihilated all other ties, and that they were released from the chain of humanity;...

...of the fraternity of all guilty beings with each other. " Their deed had wreathed itself, as she had said, like a serpent, in inextricable links, about...contractile power. It was closer than a marriagebond." " ' O friend ! ' cried Miriam, ' are you conscious, as I am, of this companionship that knits our heart-strings...

...turned to him, — the guilty, blood-stained, lonely woman, — she turned to her fellow-criminal, the youth, so lately innocent, whom she had drawn...seemed as if their new sympathy annihilated all other tics, and that they were released from the chain of humanity ; a new sphere, a special law, had been...

...yonder wretch. The deed knots us__togethPri f"r timfl~] and eternity, like the coil of a serpent ! " J They threw one other glance at the heap of death below,...accepted on the instant — had wreathed itself, as she saidjjkp a serpent, in inextric. able links about both their souls, and drew them into pnwor' It Was...

...another, for fear of the terror and deadly chill that would thenceforth wait for them in s.plitude. Their deed — the crime which Donatello wrought,...than a marriage-bond. So intimate, in those first mo- c ments, was the union, that it seemed as if their new j sympathy annihilated all other ties, and...

...horror and agony of each was combined into one emotion, and that a kind of rapture. " Yes, Donatcllo, you speak the truth ! " said she : " my heart consented...its terrible contractile power. It was closer than a marriage bond. So intimate in those first moments was the union, that it seemed as if their new sympathy...

...Miriam. " My one, own friend ! Never, never, never ! " She turned to him, — the guilty, bloodstained, lonely woman, — she turned to her fellow criminal,...its terrible contractile power. It was closer than a marriage bond. So intimate, in those first moments, was the union, that it seemed as if their new sympathy...

...She turned to him — the guilty, blood-stained, lonely woman — she turned to her fellow-criminal, the youth, so lately innocent, whom she had drawn...seemed as if their new sympathy annihilated all other tics, and that they were released from the chain of humanity; a new sphere, a special law, had been...

...deadly chill that would thenceforth wait for them in solitude. Their deed — the crime which Donatcllo wrought, and Miriam accepted on the instant — had...its terrible contractile power. It was closer than a marriage bond. So intimate in those first moments was the union, that it seemed as if their new sympathy...

...her, their deed, the crime that Donatello wrought and she accepted on the instant, had wreathed itself like a serpent, in inextricable links about both their...contractile power. It was closer than a marriage-bond. He felt so, too — that is, he said so when she expressed it for him; but after the view of their...