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Chapter 24

           "Thylife,minion?"answeredthesibyl;"whatwouldtakingthylifepleasurethem?—Trustme,thylifeisinnoperil.SuchusageshaltthouhaveaswasoncethoughtgoodenoughforanobleSaxonmaiden.AndshallaJewess,likethee,repinebecauseshehathnobetter?Lookatme—Iwasasyoungandtwiceasfairasthou,whenFront-de-Boeuf,fatherofthisReginald,andhisNormans,stormedthiscastle.Myfatherandhissevensonsdefendedtheirinheritancefromstorytostory,fromchambertochamber—Therewasnotaroom,notastepofthestair,thatwasnotslipperywiththeirblood.Theydied—theydiedeveryman;anderetheirbodieswerecold,anderetheirbloodwasdried,Ihadbecomethepreyandthescornoftheconqueror!"

           "Istherenohelp?—Aretherenomeansofescape?"saidRebecca—"Richly,richlywouldIrequitethineaid."

           "Thinknotofit,"saidthehag;"fromhencethereisnoescapebutthroughthegatesofdeath;anditislate,late,"sheadded,shakinghergreyhead,"eretheseopentous—Yetitiscomforttothinkthatweleavebehindusonearththosewhoshallbewretchedasourselves.Faretheewell,Jewess!—JeworGentile,thyfatewouldbethesame;forthouhasttodowiththemthathaveneitherscruplenorpity.Faretheewell,Isay.Mythreadisspunout—thytaskisyettobegin."

           "Stay!stay!forHeaven’ssake!"saidRebecca;"stay,thoughitbetocurseandtorevileme—thypresenceisyetsomeprotection."

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