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Chapter 24

           "Alas!"saidRebecca,"IknowitbuttoowelldareItrustthee?"

           "Maymyarmsbereversed,andmynamedishonoured,"saidBriandeBois-Guilbert,"ifthoushalthavereasontocomplainofme!Manyalaw,manyacommandmenthaveIbroken,butmywordnever."

           "Iwillthentrustthee,"saidRebecca,"thusfar;"andshedescendedfromthevergeofthebattlement,butremainedstandingclosebyoneoftheembrasures,or"machicolles",astheywerethencalled."Here,"shesaid,"Itakemystand.Remainwherethouart,andifthoushaltattempttodiminishbyonestepthedistancenowbetweenus,thoushaltseethattheJewishmaidenwillrathertrusthersoulwithGod,thanherhonourtotheTemplar!"

           WhileRebeccaspokethus,herhighandfirmresolve,whichcorrespondedsowellwiththeexpressivebeautyofhercountenance,gavetoherlooks,air,andmanner,adignitythatseemedmorethanmortal.Herglancequailednot,hercheekblanchednot,forthefearofafatesoinstantandsohorrible;onthecontrary,thethoughtthatshehadherfateathercommand,andcouldescapeatwillfrominfamytodeath,gaveayetdeepercolourofcarnationtohercomplexion,andayetmorebrilliantfiretohereye.Bois-Guilbert,proudhimselfandhigh-spirited,thoughthehadneverbeheldbeautysoanimatedandsocommanding.

           "Lettherebepeacebetweenus,Rebecca,"hesaid.

           "Peace,ifthouwilt,"answeredRebecca"Peacebutwiththisspacebetween."

           "Thouneedstnolongerfearme,"saidBois-Guilbert.

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