Capitolo 27
her silently attended his/her words:
"I have come to warn thee that the great one, very great and imminent danger is
hanging, it impended but from a thread, on head of thy."
This sincere and unexpected announcement caused Ellen to start with a
shivers, and still it more forcedly sent the blood on his/her heart that
worked, for a moment, under the load and then it struck so strongly her it was afraid
the extraneous one would feel him/it. Observing the effect of his/her words, he continued:
"You the hast an enemy, a bitter enemy that has sworn to make thee a bad, and
it is in his/her heart to hold the oath. I see from the pallor of expression of thy
you forget hast him."
It is true it was that the mention of "an enemy" he/she called on his/her old enemy to the
the most greater part of vivid memory of the time completely alarmed Ellen. With the
the maximum exercise of his/her strength and he/she wants, she could suppress as soon as the
external demonstrations of his/her terror.
"Well, this enemy that you had forgotten nearly, it never has, for a
only day, it had out thee of his/her mind. Since then his/her threat, he has been
deep schemes that place for ruining thee, and once he/she very almost succeeded. For two
years he has been at work in a new way; its plans are almost overdue, and
_you will be soon in his/her power!_"
This last clause had slowly spoken, and it emphasized on every word. All the
time that he was speaking, the feelings of Ellen intensely became more and more
excited, and, to the closing, you/he/she had reached the limit of control. For a moment
she was old, and it tilted him against a tree for support; but seeing the
extraneous ago a motion as whether to assist her/it, her the rallied again, and,
becoming more composed, it required:
"How does know her these things of which that you speak?"
"You cares but few to thee, to know more than the facts in the case;
these that I tell thee but anybody more."
"Have you come as some friend of kind to warn me of my danger then?"
"Yes, and more."
"Thanks! thanks! and it forgives me if, to the first one, I looked with suspicion on