...Whence?"said he, with faltering accent, " and what is your savage purpose?" Eric paused. "Pausenot," subjoined his father, now recovering from his amazement; " perpetrate...a life which your follies and vices have rendered miserable." The sword fell from the hand of Eric. He threw himself at his father's feet, and hid Iris...

...said he, with faltering accent, 'and what is your savnge purpose?' Ejflppauied. 'Pause not,' subjoined his father, now recovering from his amazement; perpetrate the bloody deed: and fiee me from a life which your follies and vices have rendered miserable.' The sword fell from the...