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I am!' cried she, 'where shall I look for protection now?—
oh, where shall I find peace? Could I but restore you,
my dearest husband, to life and consciousness, if but for a
moment, I would willingly forfeit mine own! Alas! this
would never have happened had I not compelled you to
comunicate the secret of your death! I am irrecoverably
undone!' While Moheeny was thus lamenting her cruel
loss, Shambae rushed into the room with outstretched
arms, feigning great distress, and exclaiming, 'My dear
lady!—my angelic mistress!—what is the matter? What
has happened to you?' 'Cruel woman!' replied Moheeny,
'Your are the cause of this mischief!—I know it but too
well! You have cruelly, heartlessly, deceived me! Your
barbarous advice has made me miserable for life, depriving
me of my dear and fondly-cherished husband! There was
not the slightest need for his communicating to me the
secret which you have, by your artful designs, wormed out
of him for my own and his ruin. His blood be upon your
head! He had expressly desired me not to admit you into
our service, but out of pity for you I prevailed on him to
consent to it; and this is what you have done in return for
so much kindness! Oh, inhuman wretch!—how could you
be so un