My master is grieved to be obliged to adopt such means, but his passion for you is so great that he was driven to this step, and it will entirely depend upon yourself when your captivity will end.' "'Your master, whoever he may be,' Anne said, 'is a contemptible villain.' "'Naturally, you have a poor opinion of him at present,' the fellow said; 'but I am convinced that, in time, you will come to excuse his fault.

It is wholly due to the depth of the feeling that he entertains towards you.

There is a woman here who will wait upon you.

I and my men will not intrude.

Our duty is solely to see that you do not escape, which indeed would be an impossibility for you, seeing that the wall that surrounds the garden is well-nigh fifteen feet high, and the gate barred and locked, and the key thereof in my pocket.' "He called, and the old woman whom you brought here with Anne entered, and bid her ascend to the room that had been prepared for her.
"In that respect, she had nothing to complain of.