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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 480

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shelould. She was condemned to be burned ! Only ne chance for escape was left—she might sum-ion a knight to her defense, who must contendgainst the bravest and strongest of the Templars. him that the good knight left the scene of Athel-stanes coming-to-life. The morning came. The faggots were piled… … REBECCA S TRIAL. her champion won, she might go free ; if he1 iled, by a hairs breadth, the faggots would be ndled around her. But who would defend a Jewess ? Who would: champion for a suspected sorceress ? She craved the privilege of sending out a mes-P nger, in faint hope of finding a champion.…

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