Excerpt from The Bandit's Bride, or the Maid of Saxony, Vol. 3 of 4: A Romance Whither would you take me? She en quired in faltering accents. Ah, spare me, Heaven! What will become of my dis tracted parents? Your parents are poor, replied the man, and it is not fair that such youth and beauty should be hid from the world: as yet you have not learned the pleasures of existence - confined with decrepitude and age, and to the cheerless society of reli gions, fanatics, Jove has not warmed your heart, or pointed your wishes. But now a better fate awaits you: I lead you to a being, tender, engaging, handsome - a being who has long loved, has long glowed to express his admiration - a being who, henceforth, beneath your smiles, will forget the misery your absence has created. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.