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"Nay, lord," said the girl, "I ed, for so the Lord Abbot

has decreed" And then she told hiiven her to

understand when he had her in the quarry

Prosper heard her to the end: it was clear that she spoke as she

believed

"Well, child," said he, "I see that all this is likely enough, though

for the life of me I cannot botto, "shall I let you be hanged, and your neck so

fine and smooth!"

"Lord," she said, "let be for that; for since I was born I have heard

of my low condition, and if o then, but only grant race, to stand beside me at the

tree and not leave

than death preparing for hts

"Ah, no, no, no, I dare not let thee wed uessed her beside herself

He stood, therefore, reasoning it all out soht he, "this child says truer than

she knows It is an ill thing to be hanged, but a worse to deserve a