Monimia’s Honour is Protected by the Interposition of Heaven.
With that complacency and fortitude1 which were peculiar2 to herself, this hapless stranger resisted all those artful temptations. Her sustenance3 was barely such as exempted4 her from the guilt5 of being accessory to her own death; her drink was the simple element. She encouraged no discourse6 but that which turned upon the concerns of her immortal7 part. She never went abroad, except in visits to a French chapel8 in the neighbourhood; she refused the proffered9 assistance of our adventurer with equal obstinacy10 and politeness, and with pleasure saw herself wasting towards that period of mortality which was the consummation of her wish. Yet her charms, far from melting away with her constitution, seemed to triumph over the decays of nature. Her shape and features still retained that harmony for which they had always been distinguished11. A mixture of majesty12 and sweetness diffused13 itself in her looks, and her feebleness added to that soft and feminine grace which attracts the sympathy, and engages the protection of every humane14 beholder16. The associates thus baffled in their attempts to excite her ideas of pleasure, again shifted their plan, and resolved to attack this forlorn beauty on the side of fear and mortification17.
Our adventurer became less frequent in his visits, and more indifferent in his language and deportment; while Madam la Mer gradually relaxed in that complacency and respect with which she had hitherto behaved towards her fair lodger18. She even began to drop hints of disapprobation and reproach against this pattern of innocence19 and beauty, and at length grew bold enough to tell her, that her misfortunes could be attributed to nothing but her own obstinacy and pride; that she had been at great pains to disoblige the only person who was able and willing to raise her above dependence20; and that, if his protection should be withdrawn21, she must be exposed to the utmost extremity22 of distress23.
These insinuations, instead of producing the desired effect, inflamed24 the indignation of Monimia, who, in a most dignified25 style of rebuke26, chid27 her for her indelicacy and presumption28, observing, that she could have no title to take such freedoms with lodgers29, whose punctuality and regular deportment left her no room to complain. Notwithstanding this animated30 reply, she underwent the most deplorable anguish31, when she reflected upon the insolence32 of this woman, from whose barbarity she had no resource; and, seeing no other possibility of redress33 than that of appealing to the good offices of Fathom34, she conquered her reluctance35 so far, as to complain to him of Madam la Mer’s incivility.
Pleased with this application, he gave her to understand, with very little ceremony or preamble36, that it wholly depended upon herself whether she should continue to be wretched, or be delivered at once from all her cares and perplexity; that, notwithstanding the disdain38 with which she had treated his addresses, he was still ready to lay himself and his fortune at her feet; and that, if she should again reject the disinterested39 proposal, the whole world and her own conscience would charge upon herself whatever calamities40 she might be subjected to in the sequel. Interpreting into a favourable41 hesitation42 her silence, which was the result of wrath43 and amazement44, he proceeded to throw himself at her feet, and utter a romantic rhapsody, in the course of which, laying aside all that restraint which he had hitherto preserved, he seized her delicate hand, and pressed it to his lips; nay45, so far did he forget himself on this occasion, that he caught the fair creature in his arms, and rudely ravished a kiss from those lips which he had before contemplated46 with the most distant reverence47 of desire.
Having thus broken down the fences of decorum, and being heated with transport, he, in all probability, would have acted the part of young Tarquin, and violated by force that sacred shrine48 of honour, beauty, and unblemished truth, had not the wrath kindled49 by such an unexpected outrage50 inspired her with strength and spirits sufficient to protect her virtue51, and intimidate52 the ruffian who could offer violence to such perfection. She broke from his detested53 embrace with surprising agility54, and called aloud to her landlady55 for assistance; but that discreet56 matron was resolved to hear nothing, and Fathom’s appetite being whetted57 to a most brutal58 degree of eagerness, “Madam,” said he, “all opposition59 is vain. What you have refused to my entreaties60, you shall yield to my power; and I am determined61 to force you to your own advantage.”
So saying, he sprung towards her, with the most savage62 and impious intent, when this amiable63 heroine snatching up his sword, which lay upon a by-table, and unsheathing it instantaneously, presented the point to his breast, and, while her eyes glanced with intolerable keenness, “Villain64!” cried she, “the spirit of my father animates65 my bosom66, and the vengeance67 of Heaven shall not be frustrated68.” He was not so much affected69 by his bodily danger, as awestruck at the manner of her address, and the appearance of her aspect, which seemed to shine with something supernatural, and actually disordered his whole faculties70, insomuch that he retreated without attempting to make the least reply; and she, having secured the door after his departure, sat down to ponder upon this shocking event.
Words are wanting to describe the accumulated horrors that took possession of her mind, when she thus beheld71 all her presaging72 fears realised, and found herself at the mercy of two wretches73, who had now pulled off the mask, after having lost all sentiments of humanity. Common affliction was an agreeable reverie to what she suffered, deprived of her parents, exiled from her friends and country, reduced to the brink74 of wanting the most indispensable necessaries of life, in a foreign land, where she knew not one person to whose protection she could have recourse, from the inexpressible woes77 that environed her. She complained to Heaven that her life was protracted78, for the augmentation of that misery79 which was already too severe to be endured; for she shuddered80 at the prospect81 of being utterly82 abandoned in the last stage of mortality, without one friend to close her eyes, or do the last offices of humanity to her breathless corse. These were dreadful reflections to a young lady who had been born to affluence83 and splendour, trained up in all the elegance84 of education, by nature fraught85 with that sensibility which refines the sentiment and taste, and so tenderly cherished by her indulgent parents, that they suffered not the winds of Heaven to visit her face too roughly.
Having passed the night in such agony, she rose at daybreak, and, hearing the chapel bell toll86 for morning prayers, resolved to go to this place of worship, in order to implore87 the assistance of Heaven. She no sooner opened her chamber88 door, with this intent, than she was met by Madam la Mer, who, after having professed89 her concern for what had happened overnight, and imputed90 Mr. Fathom’s rudeness to the spirit of intoxication91, by which she had never before seen him possessed92, she endeavoured to dissuade93 Monimia from her purpose, by observing, that her health would be prejudiced by the cold morning air; but finding her determined, she insisted upon accompanying her to chapel, on pretence94 of respect, though, in reality, with a view to prevent the escape of her beauteous lodger. Thus attended, the hapless mourner entered the place, and, according to the laudable hospitality of England, which is the only country in Christendom where a stranger is not made welcome to the house of God, this amiable creature, emaciated95 and enfeebled as she was, must have stood in a common passage during the whole service, had not she been perceived by a humane gentlewoman, who, struck with her beauty and dignified air, and melted with sympathy at the ineffable96 sorrow which was visible in her countenance97, opened the pew in which she sat, and accommodated Monimia and her attendant. If she was captivated by her first appearance, she was not less affected by the deportment of her fair guest, which was the pattern of genuine devotion.
In a word, this good lady, who was a merchant’s widow in opulent circumstances, was inflamed with a longing98 desire to know and befriend the amiable stranger, who, after service, turning about to thank her for her civility, Madam Clement99, with that frankness which is the result of true benevolence100, told her, she was too much prepossessed in her favour to let slip this opportunity of craving101 her acquaintance, and of expressing her inclination102 to alleviate103, if possible, that affliction which was manifest in her looks.
Monimia, overwhelmed with gratitude104 and surprise at this unexpected address, gazed upon the lady in silence, and when she repeated her tenders of service, could make no other reply to her goodness, than by bursting into a flood of tears. This was a species of eloquence105 which did not pass unregarded by Madam Clement, who, while her own eyes were bedewed with the drops of sympathy and compassion106, took the lovely orphan107 by the hand, and led her, without further ceremony, to her own coach, that stood waiting at the door, whither they were followed by Mrs. la Mer, who was so much confounded at the adventure, that she made no objections to the proposal of the lady, who handed her lodger into the carriage; but retired108, with all possible despatch109, to make Fathom acquainted with this unforeseen event.
Meanwhile the agitation110 of Monimia, at this providential deliverance, was such as had well-nigh destroyed her tender frame. The blood flushed and forsook111 her cheeks by turns; she trembled from head to foot, notwithstanding the consolatory112 assurances of Madam Clement, and, without being able to utter one word, was conducted to the house of that kind benefactress, where the violence of her transports overpowered her constitution, and she sunk down upon a couch in a swoon, from which she was not easily recovered. This affecting circumstance augmented113 the pity, and interested the curiosity of Madam Clement, who concluded there was something very extraordinary in the case of the stranger, to produce these agonies; and grew impatient to hear the particulars of her story.
Monimia no sooner retrieved114 the use of her faculties, than looking around, and observing with what humane concern her new hostess was employed in effecting her recovery, “Is this,” said she, “a flattering illusion of the brain? or am I really under the protection of some beneficent being, whom Heaven hath inspired with generosity115 to rescue an hapless stranger from the most forlorn state of misery and woe76?” Her voice was at all times ravishingly sweet; and this exclamation116 was pronounced with such pathetic fervour, that Madam Clement clasped her in her arms, and kissing her with all the eagerness of maternal117 affection, “Yes,” cried she, “fair creature, Heaven hath bestowed118 upon me an heart to compassionate119, and power, I hope, to lighten the burden of your sorrows.”
She then prevailed upon her to take some nourishment120, and afterwards to recount the particulars of her fate; a task she performed with such accuracy and candour, that Madam Clement, far from suspecting her sincerity121, saw truth and conviction in every circumstance of her tale; and, having condoled122 her misfortunes, entreated123 her to forget them, or at least look upon herself as one sheltered under the care and tuition of a person whose study it would be to supply her want of natural parents. This would have been an happy vicissitude124 of fortune, had it not arrived too late; but such a sudden and unlooked-for transition not only disordered the faculties of poor Monimia’s mind, but also overpowered the organs of her body, already fatigued125 and enfeebled by the distresses126 she had undergone; so that she was taken ill of a fever that same night, and became delirious127 before morning, when a physician was called to her assistance.
While this gentleman was in the house, Madam Clement was visited by Fathom, who, after having complained, in the most insinuating128 manner that she had encouraged his wife to abandon her duty, told her a plausible129 story of his first acquaintance with Monimia, and his marriage at the Fleet, which, he said, he was ready to prove by the evidence of the clergyman who joined them, and that of Mrs. la Mer, who was present at the ceremony. The good lady, although a little staggered at the genteel appearance and engaging address of this stranger, could not prevail upon herself to believe that she had been imposed upon by her fair lodger, who by this time had given too convincing a proof of her sincerity; nevertheless, in order to prevent any dispute that might be prejudicial to the health or recovery of Monimia, she gave him to understand, that she would not at present enter upon the merits of the cause, but only assure him, that the young lady was actually bereft130 of her senses, and in imminent131 danger of her life; for the truth of which assertions she would appeal to his own observation, and the opinion of the physician, who was then employed in writing a prescription132 for the cure of her disease.
So saying, she conducted him into the chamber, where he beheld the hapless virgin133 stretched upon a sick-bed, panting under the violence of a distemper too mighty134 for her weakly frame, her hair dishevelled, and discomposure in her looks; all the roses of her youth were faded, yet all the graces of her beauty were not fled. She retained that sweetness and symmetry, which death itself could not destroy; and though her discourse was incoherent, her voice was still musical, resembling those feathered songsters who warble their native wood-notes wild.
Fathom, as upon all other occasions, so on this, did behave like an inimitable actor; he ran to the bedside, with all the trepidation135 of a distracted lover; he fell upon his knees, and, while the tears rolled down his cheeks, imprinted136 a thousand kisses on the soft hand of Monimia, who regarding him with a lack-lustre and undistinguishing eye, “Alas! Renaldo,” said she, “we were born to be unhappy.” “Would to Heaven,” cried Ferdinand, in a transport of grief, “the wretch37 Renaldo had never been born! that is the villain who seduced137 the affection of this unfortunate woman. I admitted the traitor138 into my friendship and confidence, relieved him in his necessities; and, like the ungrateful viper139, he hath stung the very bosom that cherished him in his distress.” Then he proceeded to inform Madam Clement how he had delivered that same Renaldo from prison, maintained him afterwards at a great expense, and at length furnished him with a sum of money and proper credentials140 to support his interest at the Court of Vienna.
Having finished this detail, he asked the physician’s sentiments of his wife’s distemper, and being told that her life was in extreme jeopardy141, begged he would use his utmost endeavours in her behalf, and even made him a tender of an extraordinary fee, which was refused. He also thanked Madam Clement for her charity and benevolence towards a stranger, and took his leave with many polite professions of gratitude and esteem142. He had no sooner quitted the house, than the physician, who was a humane man, and a foreigner, began to caution the lady against his insinuations, observing, that some circumstances of the story concerning Renaldo were, to his particular knowledge, contrary to truth; for that he himself had been applied143 to for letters of recommendation in behalf of Count Melvil, by a Jew merchant of his acquaintance, who had supplied the young gentleman with money sufficient for his occasions, in consequence of a minute inquiry144 he had made into the character of Renaldo, who was, by all reports, a youth of strict honour and untainted morals.
Madam Clement, thus cautioned, entered into deliberation with her own thoughts, and, comparing the particulars of this account with those of Monimia’s own story, she concluded that Fathom was the very traitor he himself had described; and that he had, by abusing the confidence of both, effected a fatal breach145 between two innocent and deserving lovers. She accordingly looked upon him with horror and detestation; but nevertheless resolved to treat him with civility in the meantime, that the poor young lady might not be disturbed in her last moments; for she had now lost all hopes of her recovery. Yet the fever abated146, and in two days she retrieved the use of her reason; though the distemper had affected her lungs, and she was in all appearance doomed147 to linger a few weeks longer in a consumption.
Fathom was punctual in his visitation, though never admitted into her presence after the delirium148 vanished; and he had the opportunity of seeing her conveyed in a chariot to Kensington Gravel149 Pits, a place which may be termed the last stage of many a mortal peregrination150. He now implicitly151 believed that death would in a few days baffle all his designs upon the unfortunate Monimia; and foreseeing that, as he had owned himself her husband, he might be obliged to defray the expenses incurred152 by her sickness and burial, he very prudently153 intermitted in his visits, and had recourse to the intelligence of his auxiliary154.
As for Monimia, she approached the goal of life, not simply with resignation, but with rapture155. She enjoyed in tranquillity156 the conversation of her kind benefactress, who never stirred from her apartment; she was blessed with the spiritual consolation157 of a worthy158 clergyman, who removed all her religious scruples159; and she congratulated herself on the near prospect of that land of peace where sorrow is not known.
At length Mrs. la Mer gave notice to our adventurer of this amiable young lady’s decease, and the time fixed160 for the interment. Upon which these two virtuous161 associates took possession of a place from whence they could, unperceived, behold15 the funeral. He must have a hard heart, who, without an emotion of pity, can see the last offices performed to a young creature cut off in the flower of youth and beauty, even though he knows not her name, and is an utter stranger to her virtues162. How callous163 then must the soul of that wretch have been, who, without a symptom of remorse164 or concern, saw the sable75 hearse adorned165 with white plumes166, as emblems167 of Monimia’s purity, pass before him, while her incomparable merit stood full in his remembrance, and he knew himself the wicked cause of her untimely fate!
Perfidious168 wretch! thy crimes turn out so atrocious, that I half repent169 me of having undertaken to record thy memoirs170; yet such monsters ought to be exhibited to public view, that mankind may be upon their guard against imposture171; that the world may see how fraud is apt to overshoot itself; and that, as virtue, though it may suffer for a while, will triumph in the end; so iniquity172, though it may prosper173 for a season, will at last be overtaken by that punishment and disgrace which are its due.
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