A torch supplied the place of his brazier, and he held it aloft, and threw its ruddy light upon the scene.

On seeing him, Judith relinquished her grasp, and glared at him with a mixture of defiance and apprehension; while Nizza, half dead with terror, instantly rushed towards him, and throwing herself at his feet, besought him to save her.
"No harm shall befall you," replied Solomon Eagle, extending his arm over her.

"Tell me what has happened." Nizza hastily explained the motive of Judith's attack upon her life.

The plague-nurse endeavoured to defend herself, and, in her turn, charged her accuser with a like attempt.

But Solomon Eagle interrupted her.
"Be silent, false woman!" he cried, "and think not to delude me with these idle fabrications.