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Chapter 24

           Theprisonertrembled,however,andchangedcolour,whenastepwasheardonthestair,andthedooroftheturret-chamberslowlyopened,andatallman,dressedasoneofthosebandittitowhomtheyowedtheirmisfortune,slowlyentered,andshutthedoorbehindhim;hiscap,pulleddownuponhisbrows,concealedtheupperpartofhisface,andheheldhismantleinsuchamannerastomuffletherest.Inthisguise,asifpreparedfortheexecutionofsomedeed,atthethoughtofwhichhewashimselfashamed,hestoodbeforetheaffrightedprisoner;yet,ruffianashisdressbespokehim,heseemedatalosstoexpresswhatpurposehadbroughthimthither,sothatRebecca,makinganeffortuponherself,hadtimetoanticipatehisexplanation.Shehadalreadyunclaspedtwocostlybraceletsandacollar,whichshehastenedtoproffertothesupposedoutlaw,concludingnaturallythattogratifyhisavaricewastobespeakhisfavour.

           "Takethese,"shesaid,"goodfriend,andforGod’ssakebemercifultomeandmyagedfather!Theseornamentsareofvalue,yetaretheytriflingtowhathewouldbestowtoobtainourdismissalfromthiscastle,freeanduninjured."

           "FairflowerofPalestine,"repliedtheoutlaw,"thesepearlsareorient,buttheyyieldinwhitenesstoyourteeth;thediamondsarebrilliant,buttheycannotmatchyoureyes;andeversinceIhavetakenupthiswildtrade,Ihavemadeavowtopreferbeautytowealth."

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