Two years before that time thou mayst return.

Then come alone to Pendle Hill on a Friday night, and beat the water of the moss pool on the summit, and I will appear to thee and tell thee more.
Nine and twenty years, remember!' "With these words the shadowy figure melted away, and I found myself standing alone on the mossy roof of the dormitory.

The cold stars were shining down upon me, and I heard the howl of the watch-dogs near the gate.

The fair abbey slept in beauty around me, and I gnashed my teeth with rage to think that you had made me an outcast from it, and robbed me of a dignity which might have been mine.

I was wroth also that my vengeance should be so long delayed.