XXIV.

We reached the tower-chamber towards the West,

In which on that dark day she thought to hide

From Rupert when, at last, 't was manifest

We could not hold the Manse. There was no pride

In her deep eyes now; nor did scorn invest

Her with such dignity as once defied

Him bursting in to find her standing here

Prepared to die like some dog-hunted deer.

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