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Chapter 37

           Butitwasthemoredifficulttodisputetheaccuracyofthewitness,as,inordertoproducerealevidenceinsupportofhisverbaltestimony,hedrewfromhispouchtheverybolt-head,which,accordingtohisstory,hadbeenmiraculouslyextractedfromthewound;andastheironweighedafullounce,itcompletelyconfirmedthetale,howevermarvellous.

           HiscomradehadbeenawitnessfromaneighbouringbattlementofthescenebetwixtRebeccaandBois-Guilbert,whenshewasuponthepointofprecipitatingherselffromthetopofthetower.Nottobebehindhiscompanion,thisfellowstated,thathehadseenRebeccaperchherselfupontheparapetoftheturret,andtheretaketheformofamilk-whiteswan,underwhichappearancesheflittedthreetimesroundthecastleofTorquilstone;thenagainsettleontheturret,andoncemoreassumethefemaleform.

           Lessthanonehalfofthisweightyevidencewouldhavebeensufficienttoconvictanyoldwoman,poorandugly,eventhoughshehadnotbeenaJewess.Unitedwiththatfatalcircumstance,thebodyofproofwastooweightyforRebecca’syouth,thoughcombinedwiththemostexquisitebeauty.

           TheGrandMasterhadcollectedthesuffrages,andnowinasolemntonedemandedofRebeccawhatshehadtosayagainstthesentenceofcondemnation,whichhewasabouttopronounce.

           "Toinvokeyourpity,"saidthelovelyJewess,withavoicesomewhattremulouswithemotion,"would,Iamaware,beasuselessasIshouldholditmean.

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