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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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CHAPTEB XIII.<br />

THE JAILEE.<br />

Aetee <strong>the</strong> events in <strong>the</strong> Chamber <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Inquisition, Echard had been appointed <strong>the</strong><br />

temporary jailer <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong>o<strong>the</strong>r heretic, by <strong>the</strong><br />

comm<strong>an</strong>d <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council. As he paced up<br />

<strong>an</strong>d down before <strong>the</strong> cell his breast was<br />

filled with <strong>the</strong> most harrowing doubts when<br />

he reflected on <strong>the</strong> past. What he had<br />

seen was engraven on his heart with a pen<br />

<strong>of</strong> iron. When he had beheld that sufferer<br />

on <strong>the</strong> rack, he had felt for one moment <strong>an</strong><br />

impulse to take venge<strong>an</strong>ce on <strong>the</strong> murderers,<br />

<strong>an</strong>d to protest against <strong>the</strong> shedding <strong>of</strong> inno-<br />

cent blood. <strong>The</strong>n, like Pilate, his courage<br />

ebbed, <strong>an</strong>d his heart became numbed, <strong>an</strong>d

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