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The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
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RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Martes
Published: Sep 1 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
t had not been without much persuasion on the part of Jackeymo, that
Riccabocca had consented to settle himself in the house which Randal
had recommended to him. Not that the exile conceived any suspicion of the
young man beyond that which he might have shared with Jackeymo, viz.,
that Randal's interest in the father was increased by a very natural and ex-
cusable admiration of the daughter. But the Italian had the pride common
to misfortune, -he did not like to be indebted to others, and he shrank from
the pity of those to whom it was known that he had held a higher station in
his own land. These scruples gave way to the strength of his affection for his
daughter and his dread of his foe. Good men, however able and brave, who
have suffered from the wicked, are apt to form exaggerated notions of the
power that has prevailed against them. Jackeymo had conceived a supersti-
tious terror of Peschiera, and Riccabocca, though by no means addicted to
superstition, still had a certain creep of the flesh whenever he thought of his
foe.
But Riccabocca-than whom no man was more physically brave, and no
man, in some respects, more morally timid-feared the Count less as a foe
than as a gallant. He remembered his kinsman's surpassing beauty-the
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power he had obtained over women. He knew him versed in every art that
corrupts, and void of all the conscience that deters. And Riccabocca had
unhappily nursed himself into so poor an estimate of the female character,
that even the pure and lofty nature of Violante did not seem to him a suf-
ficient safeguard against the craft and determination of a practised and re-
morseless intriguer. But of all the precautions he could take, none appeared
more likely to conduce to safety, than his establishing a friendly commu-
nication with one who professed to be able to get at all the Count's plans
and movements, and who could apprise Riccabocca at once should his re-
treat be discovered. Forewarned is forearmed, said he to himself, in one
of the proverbs common to all nations. However, as with his usual sagacity
he came to reflect upon the alarming intelligence conveyed to him by Ran-
dal, viz., that the Count sought his daughter's hand, he divined that there
was some strong personal interest under such ambition; and what could be
that interest save the probability of Riccabocca's ultimate admission to the
Imperial grace, and the Count's desire to assure himself of the heritage to an
estate that he might be permitted to retain no more? Riccabocca was not
indeed aware of the condition (not according to usual customs in Austria)
on which the Count held the forfeited domains. He knew not that they had
been granted merely on pleasure; but he was too well aware of Peschiera's
nature to suppose that he would woo a bride without a dower, or be moved
by remorse in any overture of reconciliation. He felt assured, too-and this
danger to himself would not menace her? Yet to say more was so contrary to
a man of his Italian notions and Machiavellian maxims! To say to a young
girl, There is a man come over to England on purpose to woo and win you.
intention, only to keep guard, and make himself
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