Thaddeus of Warsaw Volume 1-2
Jane Porter
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 11, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 Excerpt: ...was the victim of a profligate; that he had sprung from a man who was not only a villain, but the most wanton, the most despicable of villians; he saw himself bereft of hope, and overwhelmed with shame and horror. Full of reflections, which none other than a son in such circumstances can conceive, he was lost amidst the obscure alleys of Tottenham-court-road, when loud and frequent «ries recalled his attention. A quantity of smoke, with flashes of light, led him to suppose that they were occasioned by a fire; and a few steps farther, the tremendous spectacle burst upon his sight. It was a house, from the windows of which the flames were breaking out with the most alarming rapidity, whilst the people about were either standing in stupified astonishment, or uselessly shouting for engines and assistance. At the moment the count arrived, two or three naked wretches, just escaped from their beds, were flying from »id« to side, making the air echo with their shrieks. "Will nobody save my children?" cried one of them, approaching Thaddeus, and wringing her hands in agony, "witt nobody take them from the fire" "Where shall 1 seek them?" replied he. "Oh! in that room," replied she, pointing, "the flames are already there! they will be burnt! they will be burnt!" The poor woman was hurying franticly toward when the count stopped her, and giving her in charge to a bystander, "take care of this woman," cried he, "I will save her children, if possible.", Darting through the open door in defiance of the smoke and danger, he made his way to the children's room, where, almost suffocated by the sulphurous cloud that surrounded him, he at last found the bed, but it only contained one of the ...