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Chapter 37

           "Peace,poorman,"saidRebecca,whensheheardhisexclamation;"thouhastdonemenoharmbyspeakingthetruththoucanstnotaidmebythycomplaintsorlamentations.Peace,Ipraytheegohomeandsavethyself."

           Higgwasabouttobethrustoutbythecompassionofthewarders,whowereapprehensivelesthisclamorousgriefshoulddrawuponthemreprehension,anduponhimselfpunishment.Buthepromisedtobesilent,andwaspermittedtoremain.Thetwomen-at-arms,withwhomAlbertMalvoisinhadnotfailedtocommunicateupontheimportoftheirtestimony,werenowcalledforward.Thoughbothwerehardenedandinflexiblevillains,thesightofthecaptivemaiden,aswellasherexcellingbeauty,atfirstappearedtostaggerthem;butanexpressiveglancefromthePreceptorofTemplestowerestoredthemtotheirdoggedcomposure;andtheydelivered,withaprecisionwhichwouldhaveseemedsuspicioustomoreimpartialjudges,circumstanceseitheraltogetherfictitiousortrivial,andnaturalinthemselves,butrenderedpregnantwithsuspicionbytheexaggeratedmannerinwhichtheyweretold,andthesinistercommentarywhichthewitnessesaddedtothefacts.Thecircumstancesoftheirevidencewouldhavebeen,inmoderndays,dividedintotwoclassesthosewhichwereimmaterial,andthosewhichwereactuallyandphysicallyimpossible.Butbothwere,inthoseignorantandsuperstitionstimes,easilycreditedasproofsofguilt.

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