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Chapter 6

           Inasmallantechamber,intowhichseveraldoorsopened,andwhichwaslightedbyasmallironlamp,theymetasecondinterruptionfromthewaiting-maidofRowena,who,sayinginatoneofauthority,thathermistressdesiredtospeakwiththePalmer,tookthetorchfromthehandofAnwold,and,biddinghimawaitherreturn,madeasigntothePalmertofollow.Apparentlyhedidnotthinkitpropertodeclinethisinvitationashehaddonetheformer;for,thoughhisgestureindicatedsomesurpriseatthesummons,heobeyeditwithoutanswerorremonstrance.

           Ashortpassage,andanascentofsevensteps,eachofwhichwascomposedofasolidbeamofoak,ledhimtotheapartmentoftheLadyRowena,therudemagnificenceofwhichcorrespondedtotherespectwhichwaspaidtoherbythelordofthemansion.Thewallswerecoveredwithembroideredhangings,onwhichdifferent-colouredsilks,interwovenwithgoldandsilverthreads,hadbeenemployedwithalltheartofwhichtheagewascapable,torepresentthesportsofhuntingandhawking.Thebedwasadornedwiththesamerichtapestry,andsurroundedwithcurtainsdyedwithpurple.Theseatshadalsotheirstainedcoverings,andone,whichwashigherthantherest,wasaccommodatedwithafootstoolofivory,curiouslycarved.

           Nofewerthanfoursilvercandelabras,holdinggreatwaxentorches,servedtoilluminatethisapartment.YetletnotmodernbeautyenvythemagnificenceofaSaxonprincess.

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