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"The government of France were greatly enraged at the escape of

their victim and spared no pains to detect and punish his

deliverer. The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey

and Agatha were thrown into prison. The news reached Felix and

roused him from his dream of pleasure. His blind and aged father

and his gentle sister lay in a noisome dungeon while he enjoyed

the free air and the society of her whom he loved. This idea was

torture to him. He quickly arranged with the Turk that if the

latter should find a favourable opportunity for escape before

Felix could return to Italy, Safie should remain as a boarder at

a convent at Leghorn; and then, quitting the lovely Arabian, he

hastened to Paris and delivered himself up to the vengeance of

the law, hoping to free De Lacey and Agatha by this proceeding.