"At least he fell in love with me, and perhaps I wished an honest man to protect me, who in those days was young and fair.

Moreover, he was not silly then.

That came upon him after he fell into _your_ hands.

Oh! have done with it," she went on, in a voice of suppressed passion.

"The witch's fair daughter was the Church's ward, and you ruled the Abbot of that time, and he forced me into marriage with old Peter Stower, as his third wife.