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Chapter 6

           Thewallsoftheapartmentweresoillfinishedandsofullofcrevices,thattherichhangingsshookinthenightblast,and,indespiteofasortofscreenintendedtoprotectthemfromthewind,theflameofthetorchesstreamedsidewaysintotheair,liketheunfurledpennonofachieftain.Magnificencetherewas,withsomerudeattemptattaste;butofcomforttherewaslittle,and,beingunknown,itwasunmissed.

           TheLadyRowena,withthreeofherattendantsstandingatherback,andarrangingherhairereshelaydowntorest,wasseatedinthesortofthronealreadymentioned,andlookedasifborntoexactgeneralhomage.ThePilgrimacknowledgedherclaimtoitbyalowgenuflection.

           "Rise,Palmer,"saidshegraciously."Thedefenderoftheabsenthasarighttofavourablereceptionfromallwhovaluetruth,andhonourmanhood."Shethensaidtohertrain,"Retire,exceptingonlyElgitha;IwouldspeakwiththisholyPilgrim."

           Themaidens,withoutleavingtheapartment,retiredtoitsfurtherextremity,andsatdownonasmallbenchagainstthewall,wheretheyremainedmuteasstatues,thoughatsuchadistancethattheirwhisperscouldnothaveinterruptedtheconversationoftheirmistress.

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