text:  Instilled by the touching tone the wild pathos the swimming eye of a wayward passionate character weak yet bold of whom she knew almost nothing this devoted girl yielded up her better reason to his rash innovations in morals his examples of suicidal heroes and even _moralists_ among the ancients; and in the wild height alone among the clouds she almost wrought up her fond agonizing soul to a terrible part--the accomplishing her father's preservation _on her wedding-day_ through the influence she might naturally expect to obtain in such a season and that done make her peace with God; and before night--black pools--rock precipices fearful as Leucadia's--mortal plants and even the horrid knife and halter--floated before her mind's eye without her trembling even like terrible yet kind ministrants proffering escape--escape from legalised violation!--escape from _perjury_ to her the self-doomed Iphigenia! For her morbid fancy whispered to by her intense tenderness conjured up that dilemma between faith broken to her lover and abandonment of a dear parent to his fate