To this Don Ramirez refused to consent positively.

Even Lorenzo bad the People remember that She had undergone no trial, and advised them to leave her punishment to the Inquisition.

All representations were fruitless: The disturbance grew still more violent, and the Populace more exasperated.

In vain did Ramirez attempt to convey his Prisoner out of the Throng.

Wherever He turned, a band of Rioters barred his passage, and demanded her being delivered over to them more loudly than before.