[Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookBurlesques CHAPTER IV 5/6
Ah! how the husband's, the father's, feelings were harrowed at that embrace! They parted; and then the Margrave, coming forward, coldly signified to his lady that she was to retire to a convent for life, and gave orders that the boy should be sent too, to take the vows at a monastery. Both sentences had been executed.
Otto, in a boat, and guarded by a company of his father's men-at-arms, was on the river going towards Cologne, to the monastery of Saint Buffo there.
The Lady Theodora, under the guard of Sir Gottfried and an attendant, were on their way to the convent of Nonnenwerth, which many of our readers have seen--the beautiful Green Island Convent, laved by the bright waters of the Rhine! "What road did Gottfried take ?" asked the Knight of Hombourg, grinding his teeth. "You cannot overtake him," said the Margrave.
"My good Gottfried, he is my only comfort now: he is my kinsman, and shall be my heir.
He will be back anon." "Will he so ?" thought Sir Ludwig.
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