Chapter 22

           MydaughterOmyducatsOmydaughter!

           ————OmyChristianducats!

           JusticetheLawmyducats,andmydaughter!

           MerchantofVenice

           LeavingtheSaxonchiefstoreturntotheirbanquetassoonastheirungratifiedcuriosityshouldpermitthemtoattendtothecallsoftheirhalf-satiatedappetite,wehavetolookinupontheyetmoresevereimprisonmentofIsaacofYork.ThepoorJewhadbeenhastilythrustintoadungeon-vaultofthecastle,thefloorofwhichwasdeepbeneaththeleveloftheground,andverydamp,beinglowerthaneventhemoatitself.Theonlylightwasreceivedthroughoneortwoloop-holesfarabovethereachofthecaptive’shand.Theseaperturesadmitted,evenatmid-day,onlyadimanduncertainlight,whichwaschangedforutterdarknesslongbeforetherestofthecastlehadlosttheblessingofday.Chainsandshackles,whichhadbeentheportionofformercaptives,fromwhomactiveexertionstoescapehadbeenapprehended,hungrustedandemptyonthewallsoftheprison,andintheringsofoneofthosesetsoffettersthereremainedtwomoulderingbones,whichseemedtohavebeenoncethoseofthehumanleg,asifsomeprisonerhadbeenleftnotonlytoperishthere,buttobeconsumedtoaskeleton.

           Atoneendofthisghastlyapartmentwasalargefire-grate,overthetopofwhichwerestretchedsometransverseironbars,halfdevouredwithrust.

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