The first of these, the Press Room, a dark close chamber, near Waterman's Hall, obtained its name from an immense wooden machine kept in it, with which such prisoners as refused to plead to their indictments were pressed to death—a species of inquisitorial torture not discontinued until so lately as the early part of the reign of George the Third, when it was abolished by an express statute. ” “It isn’t necessary,” they both declared breathlessly. If she mentioned Ramage he might have a fit—anything might happen. ’ At last. Yet she could not bring herself to hate the girl, or even Gianfrancesco, the one who would have sent her to her death more than once. The lines about his mouth gradually softened. At least here she was safe. It was just such a bedroom as she would have chosen for herself. In spite of the tumultuous joy which agitated him, the bridegroom could not prevent the intrusion of some saddening thoughts, as he reflected upon the melancholy scene which he had so recently witnessed in the same place. ’ His colour deepened. The venturous climber gazed for a moment at the assemblage beneath, to ascertain that he was not discovered; and, having satisfied himself in this particular, he stepped out more boldly.
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