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And the poltroon compelled the brave woman to witness the execution, with the added indignity of a rope round her neck, or as De Charlevoix much more neatly expresses it, "obligea sa prisonniere d'assister a l'execution, la corde au cou." To the shock of this horror the womanly spirit of Madame de la Tour succumbed; she fell into a decline and died soon after.
And the poltroon compelled the brave woman to witness the execution, with the added indignity of a rope round her neck, or as De Charlevoix much more neatly expresses it, "obligea sa prisonniere d'assister a l'execution, la corde au cou." To the shock of this horror the womanly spirit of Madame de la Tour succumbed; she fell into a decline and died soon after.
And the poltroon compelled the brave woman to witness the execution, with the added indignity of a rope round her neck, or as De Charlevoix much more neatly expresses it, "obligea sa prisonniere d'assister a l'execution, la corde au cou." To the shock of this horror the womanly spirit of Madame de la Tour succumbed; she fell into a decline and died soon after.
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