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Juliet, shedding a torrent of tears, tenderly embraced her.
"The Bishop," Ambroise continued, "no sooner comprehended than he forbade the attempt; but he was consigned, unheard, to a loathsome cell; and Ambroise was almost instantly embarked; with peremptory orders to acquaint la citoyenne Julie that unless she returned immediately to her husband, in order to sign and seal, by his side, and as his wife, their joint claim to her portion, upon the terms that Lord Denmeath had dictated; the most tremendous vengeance should fall upon the hypocritical old priest, by every means the most terrible that could be devised."
"I am ready! quite ready!" cried the pale Juliet, with energy; "I do not sacrifice, I save myself by preserving my honoured guardian!"
This eagerness to rescue her revered benefactor, which made her feel gloriously, though transiently, the exaltation of willing martyrdom, soon subsided into the
