But she rose to the surface of the stream, about twenty yards below the bridge.
"She may yet be saved," cried Humphrey Chetham, who with the by-standers had hurried to the side of the bridge.
"You will only preserve her for the gallows," observed the pursuivant.
"Your malice shall not prevent my making the attempt," replied the young merchant.

"Ha! assistance is at hand." The exclamation was occasioned by the sudden appearance of the soldier in the Spanish dress, who rushed towards the left bank of the river, which was here, as elsewhere, formed of red sandstone rock, and following the course of the current, awaited the next appearance of the drowning woman.

It did not occur till she had been carried a considerable distance down the stream, when the soldier, swiftly divesting himself of his cloak, plunged into the water, and dragged her ashore.
"Follow me," cried the pursuivant to his attendants.

"I will not lose my prey." But before he gained the bank of the river, the soldier and his charge had disappeared, nor could he detect any traces of them..