Cast in the mould of Britannia, queen, however, not of the waves but of the woodland, poor yet noble, and innocent of every mean ambition of gentility, faithful, valiant, and proud,--as she stands pale and commanding, in the sunshine at the dingle's mouth, in all her virginal dignity, is she not a figure worthy to rank with the queens of Beauty and Romance, with Dido "with a willow in her hand," with the deeply-loving Rebecca as with a calm and tender dignity she bids for ever adieu to the land of Wilfred of Ivanhoe?
{361} After the receipt of this letter three nights elapsed, and then the word-master himself left the dingle for the last time.

The third night he spent alone in his encampment "in a very melancholy manner, with little or no sleep, thinking of Isopel Berners; and in the morning when I quitted the place, I shed several tears, as I reflected that I should probably never again see the spot where I had passed so many hours in her company." ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ISOPEL BERNERS*** ******* This file should be named 18400.txt or 18400.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/4/0/18400 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
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