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Chapter 37

           Thefirstclasssetforth,thatRebeccawasheardtomuttertoherselfinanunknowntonguethatthesongsshesungbyfitswereofastrangelysweetsound,whichmadetheearsofthehearertingle,andhisheartthrobthatshespokeattimestoherself,andseemedtolookupwardforareplythathergarmentswereofastrangeandmysticform,unlikethoseofwomenofgoodreputethatshehadringsimpressedwithcabalisticaldevices,andthatstrangecharacterswerebroideredonherveil.

           Allthesecircumstances,sonaturalandsotrivial,weregravelylistenedtoasproofs,or,atleast,asaffordingstrongsuspicionsthatRebeccahadunlawfulcorrespondencewithmysticalpowers.

           Buttherewaslessequivocaltestimony,whichthecredulityoftheassembly,orofthegreaterpart,greedilyswallowed,howeverincredible.Oneofthesoldiershadseenherworkacureuponawoundedman,broughtwiththemtothecastleofTorquilstone.Shedid,hesaid,makecertainsignsuponthewound,andrepeatedcertainmysteriouswords,whichheblessedGodheunderstoodnot,whentheironheadofasquarecross-bowboltdisengageditselffromthewound,thebleedingwasstanched,thewoundwasclosed,andthedyingmanwas,withinaquarterofanhour,walkingupontheramparts,andassistingthewitnessinmanagingamangonel,ormachineforhurlingstones.Thislegendwasprobablyfoundeduponthefact,thatRebeccahadattendedonthewoundedIvanhoewheninthecastleofTorquilstone.

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