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Chapter 23

           "Alas!fairRowena,"returnedDeBracy,"youareinpresenceofyourcaptive,notyourjailor;anditisfromyourfaireyesthatDeBracymustreceivethatdoomwhichyoufondlyexpectfromhim."

           "Iknowyounot,sir,"saidthelady,drawingherselfupwithalltheprideofoffendedrankandbeauty;"Iknowyounotandtheinsolentfamiliaritywithwhichyouapplytomethejargonofatroubadour,formsnoapologyfortheviolenceofarobber."

           "Tothyself,fairmaid,"answeredDeBracy,inhisformertone"tothineowncharmsbeascribedwhate’erIhavedonewhichpassedtherespectduetoher,whomIhavechosenqueenofmyheart,andlodestarofmyeyes."

           "Irepeattoyou,SirKnight,thatIknowyounot,andthatnomanwearingchainandspursoughtthustointrudehimselfuponthepresenceofanunprotectedlady."

           "ThatIamunknowntoyou,"saidDeBracy,"isindeedmymisfortune;yetletmehopethatDeBracy’snamehasnotbeenalwaysunspoken,whenminstrelsorheraldshavepraiseddeedsofchivalry,whetherinthelistsorinthebattle-field."

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