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

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MALVICINO. 339<br />

E chard, " do you not recognize one whom<br />

you have known in better days ? I have<br />

come to confess you before you die," con-<br />

tinued he, raising his voice, so that it might<br />

be overheard by M<strong>an</strong>dolin outside.<br />

" You may spare yourself <strong>the</strong> trouble,<br />

for I have confessed to Grod, <strong>an</strong>d shall do<br />

no more. Think not that I would confess<br />

to such as you."<br />

" Echard, <strong>the</strong>se words <strong>of</strong> wrath do not<br />

suit your d<strong>an</strong>ger nor my character. By<br />

Pope Innocent, have I not been your<br />

friend ? <strong>an</strong>d would I not have saved that<br />

girl whom you loved ?"<br />

" Saved her ! Did we not find you<br />

alone with her, <strong>an</strong>d she on <strong>the</strong> rack ? It<br />

must have been you who got me arrested,<br />

<strong>an</strong>d who entrapped her."<br />

" Nay, nay, judge not by <strong>the</strong> outward<br />

appear<strong>an</strong>ce. You are sorrowful <strong>an</strong>d dis-<br />

appointed ; you will, however, I feel sure,<br />

acquit me as regards <strong>the</strong> past, when you<br />

know what my present err<strong>an</strong>d is."

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