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Chapter 21

           DeBracywindedhishornthreetimes,andthearchersandcross-bowmen,whohadmannedthewalluponseeingtheirapproach,hastenedtolowerthedrawbridge,andadmitthem.Theprisonerswerecompelledbytheirguardstoalight,andwereconductedtoanapartmentwhereahastyrepastwasofferedthem,ofwhichnonebutAthelstanefeltanyinclinationtopartake.NeitherhadthedescendantoftheConfessormuchtimetodojusticetothegoodcheerplacedbeforethem,fortheirguardsgavehimandCedrictounderstandthattheyweretobeimprisonedinachamberapartfromRowena.Resistancewasvain;andtheywerecompelledtofollowtoalargeroom,which,risingonclumsySaxonpillars,resembledthoserefectoriesandchapter-houseswhichmaybestillseeninthemostancientpartsofourmostancientmonasteries.

           TheLadyRowenawasnextseparatedfromhertrain,andconducted,withcourtesy,indeed,butstillwithoutconsultingherinclination,toadistantapartment.ThesamealarmingdistinctionwasconferredonRebecca,inspiteofherfather’sentreaties,whoofferedevenmoney,inthisextremityofdistress,thatshemightbepermittedtoabidewithhim."Baseunbeliever,"answeredoneofhisguards,"whenthouhastseenthylair,thouwiltnotwishthydaughtertopartakeit."And,withoutfartherdiscussion,theoldJewwasforciblydraggedoffinadifferentdirectionfromtheotherprisoners.

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