Chapter 23

           Nay,ifthegentlespiritofmovingwords

           Cannowaychangeyoutoamilderform,

           I’llwooyou,likeasoldier,atarms’end,

           Andloveyou‘gainstthenatureoflove,forceyou.

           TwoGentlemenofVerona

           TheapartmenttowhichtheLadyRowenahadbeenintroducedwasfittedupwithsomerudeattemptsatornamentandmagnificence,andherbeingplacedtheremightbeconsideredasapeculiarmarkofrespectnotofferedtotheotherprisoners.ButthewifeofFront-de-Boeuf,forwhomithadbeenoriginallyfurnished,waslongdead,anddecayandneglecthadimpairedthefewornamentswithwhichhertastehadadornedit.Thetapestryhungdownfromthewallsinmanyplaces,andinotherswastarnishedandfadedundertheeffectsofthesun,ortatteredanddecayedbyage.Desolate,however,asitwas,thiswastheapartmentofthecastlewhichhadbeenjudgedmostfittingfortheaccommodationoftheSaxonheiress;andhereshewaslefttomeditateuponherfate,untiltheactorsinthisnefariousdramahadarrangedtheseveralpartswhicheachofthemwastoperform.ThishadbeensettledinacouncilheldbyFront-de-Boeuf,DeBracy,andtheTemplar,inwhich,afteralongandwarmdebateconcerningtheseveraladvantageswhicheachinsisteduponderivingfromhispeculiarshareinthisaudaciousenterprise,theyhadatlengthdeterminedthefateoftheirunhappyprisoners.

           Itwasaboutthehourofnoon,therefore,whenDeBracy,forwhoseadvantagetheexpeditionhadbeenfirstplanned,appearedtoprosecutehisviewsuponthehandandpossessionsoftheLadyRowena.

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