"God will deliver you from the power of these wicked men.

Trust in Him, and keep up your courage.
Wickedness will not be permitted to triumph upon the earth; and be assured that the matter shall be brought to the ears of the pope's legate, and of Prince John himself." She could say no more, for the men, closing round the weeping girl, hurried her out from the convent.

A litter awaited them without, and in this the young lady was placed, and, borne upon the shoulders of four stout men, she started at a fast pace, surrounded closely by the rest of the band.
It was a dark night, and the girl could not see the direction in which she was being taken; but she judged from the turn taken upon leaving the convent that it was toward Evesham.

They had proceeded some miles, when a trampling of horses was heard, and a body of armed men rode up.

For a moment Lady Margaret's heart gave a leap, for she thought that she had been rescued by her friends.