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Chapter 30

           —Ho!ho!thouseestthereisnocreviceinmycoatofplate—Artthoufled?—artthousilenced?"

           "No,foulparricide!"repliedthevoice;"thinkofthyfather!—thinkofhisdeath!—thinkofhisbanquet-roomfloodedwithhisgore,andthatpouredforthbythehandofason!"

           "Ha!"answeredtheBaron,afteralongpause,"anthouknowestthat,thouartindeedtheauthorofevil,andasomniscientasthemonkscallthee!—ThatsecretIdeemedlockedinmyownbreast,andinthatofonebesides—thetemptress,thepartakerofmyguilt.—Go,leaveme,fiend!andseektheSaxonwitchUlrica,whoalonecouldtelltheewhatsheandIalonewitnessed.—Go,Isay,toher,whowashedthewounds,andstraightedthecorpse,andgavetotheslainmantheoutwardshowofonepartedintimeandinthecourseofnature—Gotoher,shewasmytemptress,thefoulprovoker,themorefoulrewarder,ofthedeed—lether,aswellasI,tasteofthetortureswhichanticipatehell!"

           "Shealreadytastesthem,"saidUlrica,steppingbeforethecouchofFront-de-Boeuf;"shehathlongdrunkenofthiscup,anditsbitternessisnowsweetenedtoseethatthoudostpartakeit.

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