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Shortly after this the sick man was brought out, stretched upon a pallet, borne by Chowles and Judith; and the party proceeded slowly, and occasionally relieving each other, to the great western entrance, where a coach being procured by Pillichody, Parravicin was placed within it, with Judith and Chowles; and orders being given in an under-tone to the driver, he departed.
Parravicin waited for a moment; but not hearing her move, brought the lamp to see what was the matter. She had fainted, and was lying across the pillow, with her night-dress partly open, so as to expose her neck and shoulders. The knight was at first ravished with her beauty; but his countenance suddenly fell, and an expression of horror and alarm took possession of it.
Parravicin uttered a deep groan, and pressed his hand forcibly against his brow for some moments, during which the apprentice watched him narrowly. He then controlled himself by a powerful effort, and returned his sword to its scabbard. "Come into this room, young man," he said to the apprentice, "and let your companion remain outside with Chowles. Fear nothing. I intend you no injury."
All three attempted to dart across the transept and gain the northern entrance, but they were Intercepted. Mr. Bloundel caught hold of Leonard's arm, and Rochester seized her whom he judged by the garb to be Amabel, while Parravicin, recognising Nizza Macascree, as he thought, by her dress, detained her. "What is the meaning of all this, Leonard?" demanded the grocer, angrily.
"Since there is no avoiding it, I accept the challenge," replied Parravicin. "The decision shall not be delayed an instant," cried Charles, "What, ho! dice! dice!" An attendant answering the summons, he desired that the other courtiers should be admitted, and dice brought.
"He never shall recover," said Judith, halting, and speaking in a low tone, "if you make it worth my while." "You read my wishes," replied Parravicin, in a sombre tone. "Take this purse, and free me from him." "He will never more cross your path," replied Judith, eagerly grasping the reward. "Enough!" exclaimed Parravicin. "What has passed between us must be secret."
Parravicin, meanwhile, picked up the dice-box, and, seating himself, spread a large heap of gold on the table. "I mentioned your wife, Captain Disbrowe," he said, addressing the young officer, who anxiously watched his movements, "not with any intention of giving you offence, but to show you that, although you have lost your money, you have still a valuable stake left."
"Sir Paul Parravicin," rejoined Leonard, in an authoritative tone, "I command you in the king's name, to deliver up this girl." Parravicin laughed scornfully. "The king has no authority here," he said. "Pardon me, Sir Paul," rejoined Chowles, who began to be seriously alarmed at his own situation, and eagerly grasped at the opportunity that offered of extricating himself from it "pardon me.
He stopped before the door of his dwelling and unfastened it, and while he was thus occupied, the other person turned his face so as to catch the full radiance of the moon, disclosing the features of Sir Paul Parravicin. Before Leonard recovered from the surprise into which he was thrown by this unexpected discovery, they had entered the house.
"You are now in my power, villain," cried Disbrowe, "and shall not escape my vengeance." "You are already avenged," replied Parravicin, shaking off his assailant. "Your wife has the plague." "And so my husband has got the plague," muttered Mother Malmayns, as she hastened towards Saint Paul's, after the reproof she had received from Doctor Hodges.
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