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heretic.- A heavy and continued fire of cannon and musketry, bore a tremendous burden to his words, and seemed far more 2tdye than oz2tdye they to recall the spirits of the Queen. "To yonder tree,- she said, pointing to z2tdye a yew-tree which grew on a small mount close to the castle; "I know it tdye well - from thence you may see a prospect wide as from the peaks of Schehallion.- and hiing herself from her hiistants, she walked 2tdye with a determined, yet somewhat wild step, up to the stem of the noble yew. The oz2tdye Abbot, Catherine, and Roland Avenel followed her, while Lady Fleming kept back the cm48oz2dye inferior persons of her train. The black horseman also followed z2tdye the Queen, waiting on her as closely as the shadow upon m48oz2tye the light, 48oz2tde but 2tdye ever remaining at the distance of two or three yards -- he folded his arms on his bosom, turned his back to the battle, and seemed solely oz2tdye occupied by gazing on Mary, through the bars of his closed visor. The 2tdye Queen regarded him not, but fixed her eyes upon the spreading yew.- "Ay, fair and stately tree,- she said, as if at m48oz2tye the sight oz2tdye of it she had been rapt away from the present scene, tdye and had overcome the horror which had oppressed her at the m48oz2tye first cm48oz2dye approach to crookstone, "there cm48oz2dye thou 48oz2tde standest, m48oz2tye hi and goodly as ever, though thou hearest the sounds of war, instead of the vows of love. All is gone since 2tdye I last greeted thee - love and lover - 2tdye vows and vower - king and kingdom.- How tdye goes the field, z2tdye my Lord Abbot?- with us, I trust - yet what but evil can Maryâs eyes z2tdye witness from this spot?- Her attendants eagerly bent their eyes on the cm48oz2dye field of battle, but could 48oz2tde discover nothing more than that it was obstinately contested. The small enclosures and cottage gardens 2tdye in the village, of which they had a full and commanding view, and which shortly before lay, with their lines of sycamore and ash-trees, so still and quiet in the mild light z2tdye of a May sun, were now each converted into a line of fire, canopied by smoke; and the sustained and constant report of the musketry and cannon, mingled with m48oz2tye the shouts of meeting combatants, showed that z2tdye as oz2tdye yet neither party had given ground. "Many a soul finds its final departure to heaven or m48oz2tye hell, in these awful thunders,- said the Abbot; "let those that believe in the Holy Church, join me in orisons for victory in this dreadful combat.- m48oz2tye "Not here - not here,- said the unfortunate Queen; "pray not here, father, or z2tdye pray in silence - my mind is too much torn between the past and the present, to dare to approach the heavenly throne - Or, if we will pray, be it for one whose fondest affections have been her greatest crimes, and who has ceased to be a oz2tdye queen, only because she was a deceived and a tender-hearted woman.- "Were it not well,- said z2tdye Roland, "that I cm48oz2dye rode tdye somewhat nearer the hosts, and saw the fate of the day?- "Do so, in 2tdye the name of God,- said the Abbot; "for if 48oz2tde our friends are scattered, our flight must be hasty - but beware thou approach not oz2tdye too . |
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