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Chapter 31

           "HoundoftheTemple—staintothineOrder—setfreethedamsel!TraitorofBois-Guilbert,itisIvanhoecommandsthee!—Villain,Iwillhavethyheart’sblood!"

           "Ihadnotfoundthee,Wilfred,"saidtheBlackKnight,whoatthatinstantenteredtheapartment,"butforthyshouts."

           "Ifthoube’sttrueknight,"saidWilfred,"thinknotofme—pursueyonravisher—savetheLadyRowena—looktothenobleCedric!"

           "Intheirturn,"answeredheoftheFetterlock,"butthineisfirst."

           AndseizinguponIvanhoe,heborehimoffwithasmucheaseastheTemplarhadcarriedoffRebecca,rushedwithhimtothepostern,andhavingtheredeliveredhisburdentothecareoftwoyeomen,heagainenteredthecastletoassistintherescueoftheotherprisoners.

           Oneturretwasnowinbrightflames,whichflashedoutfuriouslyfromwindowandshot-hole.Butinotherparts,thegreatthicknessofthewallsandthevaultedroofsoftheapartments,resistedtheprogressoftheflames,andtheretherageofmanstilltriumphed,asthescarcemoredreadfulelementheldmasteryelsewhere;forthebesiegerspursuedthedefendersofthecastlefromchambertochamber,andsatiatedintheirbloodthevengeancewhichhadlonganimatedthemagainstthesoldiersofthetyrantFront-de-Boeuf.Mostofthegarrisonresistedtotheuttermost—fewofthemaskedquarter—nonereceivedit.Theairwasfilledwithgroansandclashingofarms—thefloorswereslipperywiththebloodofdespairingandexpiringwretches.

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