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Chapter 30

           Thouhastbeenmyevilangel,andIwillbethineIwilldogtheetilltheveryinstantofdissolution!"

           "Detestablefury!"exclaimedFront-de-Boeuf,"thatmomentshaltthouneverwitnessHo!Giles,Clement,andEustace!SaintMaur,andStephen!seizethisdamnedwitch,andhurlherfromthebattlementsheadlongshehasbetrayedustotheSaxon!Ho!SaintMaur!Clement!false-hearted,knaves,wheretarryye?"

           "Callonthemagain,valiantBaron,"saidthehag,withasmileofgrislymockery;"summonthyvassalsaroundthee,doomthemthatloitertothescourgeandthedungeonButknow,mightychief,"shecontinued,suddenlychanginghertone,"thoushalthaveneitheranswer,noraid,norobedienceattheirhands.Listentothesehorridsounds,"forthedinoftherecommencedassaultanddefencenowrungfearfullyloudfromthebattlementsofthecastle;"inthatwar-cryisthedownfallofthyhouseTheblood-cementedfabricofFront-de-Boeuf’spowertotterstothefoundation,andbeforethefoeshemostdespised!TheSaxon,Reginald!thescornedSaxonassailsthywalls!Whyliestthouhere,likeaworn-outhind,whentheSaxonstormsthyplaceofstrength?"

           "Godsandfiends!"exclaimedthewoundedknight;"O,foronemoment_sstrength,todragmyselftothemelee,andperishasbecomesmyname!"

           "Thinknotofit,valiantwarrior!"repliedshe;"thoushaltdienosoldier’sdeath,butperishlikethefoxinhisden,whenthepeasantshavesetfiretothecoveraroundit."

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