“What a change one night of suffering had made in that face, which was the fountain of all loveliness to him.
“He clasped her in his arms.
“He urged all that love could urge.
“He besought her to accept that heart, which had never wronged her memory by a thought.
“In vain Warbeck pleaded; in vain he urged all that passion and truth could urge.
“The springs of earthly love were for ever dried up in the orphan’s heart, and her resolution was immovable.
“She tore herself from his arms, and the gate of the convent creaked harshly on his ear.
“A new and stern emotion now wholly possessed him.
“Naturally mild and gentle, when once aroused to anger, he cherished it with the strength of a calm mind.
“Leoline’s tears, her sufferings, her wrongs, her uncomplaining spirit, the change already stamped upon her face, all cried aloud to him for vengeance!