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Chapter 32

           Againbowingfromherpalfrey,Rowenaturnedtodepart;butpausingamoment,whileCedric,whowastoattendher,wasalsotakinghisleave,shefoundherselfunexpectedlyclosebytheprisonerDeBracy.Hestoodunderatreeindeepmeditation,hisarmscrosseduponhisbreast,andRowenawasinhopesshemightpasshimunobserved.Helookedup,however,and,whenawareofherpresence,adeepflushofshamesuffusedhishandsomecountenance.Hestoodamomentmostirresolute;then,steppingforward,tookherpalfreybytherein,andbenthiskneebeforeher.

           "WilltheLadyRowenadeigntocastaneyeonacaptiveknightonadishonouredsoldier?"

           "SirKnight,"answeredRowena,"inenterprisessuchasyours,therealdishonourliesnotinfailure,butinsuccess."

           "Conquest,lady,shouldsoftentheheart,"answeredDeBracy;"letmebutknowthattheLadyRowenaforgivestheviolenceoccasionedbyanill-fatedpassion,andsheshallsoonlearnthatDeBracyknowshowtoserveherinnoblerways."

           "Iforgiveyou,SirKnight,"saidRowena,"asaChristian."

           "Thatmeans,"saidWamba,"thatshedoesnotforgivehimatall."

           "ButIcanneverforgivethemiseryanddesolationyourmadnesshasoccasioned,"continuedRowena.

           "Unlooseyourholdonthelady’srein,"saidCedric,comingup."Bythebrightsunaboveus,butitwereshame,Iwouldpintheetotheearthwithmyjavelinbutbewellassured,thoushaltsmart,MauricedeBracy,forthyshareinthisfouldeed."

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