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116 THE SIX SfSTERS OF THE VALLEYS. Strange devices these to win love from crnel satire even on their hnman hearts ! A Madonna, and mad homage to offer the self- sacrificing, crucified Savionr, robbing as it did the one of all the tenderness of wo- manhood, and the other of all vestige of hu- manity ! liberty, thou hast been apostro- phized on the scaffold, where thou hast been satirised by thy professed worshippers ! religion, we may in like manner invoke thee in the inquisitorial dungeons of the Church of Rome ! Such appliances were the artil- lery of hell, and the abomination of heaven. The executioners seized the helpless Marguerite, and stripping her of her outer garments cast her on the Gehenna. They tied down her hands and feet to the wooden framework, and the deadly rollers began to creak. The tightening of the cords was heard and the straining of the limbs, until at last a shriek of agony burst from the unhappy sufferer as the blood poured from her mouth and ears.
THE MARTYRDOM. 117 " God, Saviour, have mercy on me. Lord, for the love of Jesus ! My God, support " " Implore the Virgin now." " We have only one mediator," replied a feeble voice. " Jesus, my Lord, grace, grace." At a nod from the Jesuit the executioners slackened their ropes, and then tightened them. Again was the awful pro- cess gone through, though the limbs seemed wrenched from the body, and were power- less to obey the motions of the will. The victim's face stood bathed in sweat mingled with blood, her eyes started from their sockets, her raven hair was matted and gory, and neither father, nor sisters, nor children could have recognised the beloved member of the circle of La Baudene. " Well, president," said Eorengo, the Dominican Prior, "you're busy at this upper end of the room. What are you after ?" "I'm only engaged in a work of art.
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CHAPTEB CONTENTS. I. THE CHURCH OF
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CHAPTEE II. CONSILIUM DE PEOPAGANDA
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CHAPTER III. THE ENVOY. On the day
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CHAPTER IV. THE MOTHER'S GEAVE. Ech
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THE MOTHER'S GEAVE. 41 young man wh
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THE MOTHER S GEAVE. 43 have felt th
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BEQUESTS OE THE INQUISITION. 47 "Ho
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BEQUESTS OF THE INQUISITION. 49 " W
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BEQUESTS OF THE INQUISITION. 51 " Y
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BEQUESTS OF THE INQUISITION. 53 con
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MOBAli HEEOISM. 55 them to separate
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MORAL HEROISM. 57 by causing a smil
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MORAL HEROISM. 59 " Fortune favours
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MORAL HEROISM. 61 earnest and unmov
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MORAL HEEOTSM. G3 " We shall meet a
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MORAL HEROISM. G3 " Do you not cros
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CHAPTER XX. THE PRISONER. Echard wa
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THE PENANCE. 257 stained with blood
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CHAPTER XXVI. THE RACK. The Marquis
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THE RACK. 261 Kim when torture or d
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THE BACK. 265 doubt not you will ap
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THE BACK. 267 he might thwart the i
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THE BANQUET. 269 weapons—weapons
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THE BANQUET. 271 ancient oak table
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THE BANQUET. 273 tented to abide by
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THE BANQUET. 275 the Duke has allow
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THE BANQUET. 277 of confidence, wil
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CHAPTER XXVIIL THE COLETTE, The war
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THE COLETTE. 281 was on fire, and y
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THE COLETTE. 283 skin of a Vaudois
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THE COLETTE. 287 Eaynald, " there i
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THE MAEQUIS. 289 while in the foreg
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THE MAEQUIS. 291 " Ardoine," said l
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THE MAEQUIS. 295 They shall feel th
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THE MARQUIS. 297 you ; my love is b
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CHAPTER XXX. THE PEOSELYTISEE. " Da
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THE PROSELYTISEK. 301 the past ; a
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THE PROSELYTISES. 303 blow upon the
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CHAPTER XXXI. THE AECHBISHOP. There
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THE AECHBISHOP. 307 language !) the
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THE AECHBISHOP. 309 you'll have of
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THE AECHBISHOP. 311 told them if th
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THE ARCHBISHOP. 313 have a fine spr
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THE AECHBISHOP. 315 the Ordination
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THE AECHBISHOP. 317 what your pract
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THE MAEEIAGE. 319 The clock lias to
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THE MARRIAGE. 321 The Archbishop, m
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THE MAEEIAGE. 323 " Lord!" cried ou
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THE DUNGEON. 305 jailer entered fro
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THE DUNGEON. 327 " To-morrow's sun,
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TIIE SEXTET. 329 be she who lias su
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THE SENTRY. 331 I look at your shoe
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THE SENTET. 333 orders. I was told
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THE SENTKY. 337 now. There, you can
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MALVICINO. 339 E chard, " do you no
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MALVICINO. 341 " In danger ! Alas !
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MALVICINO. 343 "We must creep up to
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CHAPTER XXXYI. THE AVENGER. Seizing
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THE AVEXGEE. 347 Pianesse at this e
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THE GAEDEN OF THE CONVENT. 353 But
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THE GARDEN OF THE CONVENT. 357 Anto
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APPENDIX. CHAPTER I. The antiquity
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APPENDIX. 361 edict, promising one
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