[Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott]@TWC D-Link bookKenilworth CHAPTER XII 9/19
"I have not suffered so much since I was torn away from my beloved flock, and compelled to abandon them to the Romish wolves." "That was in TERTIO MARIAE," said Master Mumblazen. "In the name of Heaven," continued the curate, "tell us, has your time been better spent than ours, or have you any news of that unhappy maiden, who, being for so many years the principal joy of this broken-down house, is now proved our greatest unhappiness? Have you not at least discovered her place of residence ?" "I have," replied Tressilian.
"Know you Cumnor Place, near Oxford ?" "Surely," said the clergyman; "it was a house of removal for the monks of Abingdon." "Whose arms," said Master Michael, "I have seen over a stone chimney in the hall,--a cross patonce betwixt four martlets." "There," said Tressilian, "this unhappy maiden resides, in company with the villain Varney.
But for a strange mishap, my sword had revenged all our injuries, as well as hers, on his worthless head." "Thank God, that kept thine hand from blood-guiltiness, rash young man!" answered the curate.
"Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I will repay it.
It were better study to free her from the villain's nets of infamy." "They are called, in heraldry, LAQUEI AMORIS, or LACS D'AMOUR," said Mumblazen. "It is in that I require your aid, my friends," said Tressilian.
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