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S6 AGNES BERNAUEBIN.
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her accursed than were of the the priest men . . The They women resented were her more great bitter beauty against with
willing the inst credul inctive ity jeal to o th us ose y of accusa their tions sex , wh ich charged they listened so lovel with y a
creature with " ensnaring " the young duke . Men are preposgoodness sessed in to favo the u _joresence r of u of bonn loveliness y lass ; : " but they women attach are the prejudiced idea of
s against the beauty t re a of woman deliht , and . readily attribute evil to one who
ways As the scep hour drew near g the crowd grew thicker . There was much discussion of the usual sort , though those who objected to
the the popular sentence zes sp t ok for e under the horrible their brea is always th for f strong ear of , t he p t ries here t , but morbid fascination in scenes of blood and death .
Danube At las . t t Sewn he procession in a sack approached bis zum t Kopje he bridge w to h t he h spans neckthe the
and beautiful victim , to be hurled _, up from the hi , hest young arch of the bridinto the deep dark river beneath . All g
were bent upon A ge ngela , as , alone , unfriended , she stood awai eyes ting her fearful doom . She seemed to take no note of the crowd or
wide of the arch prep of arations the sunny . s With ky , she her seemed fair sweet rapt , face absorbed uplifted in pra to yer the .
Martyr ! Never . " The pain wind ter had stirred a fairer her long subj golden ect for hair a girlish which C fell hris loose tian
their to her dreadful waist . The executioner arations . Close and his round assistants the were busy stood with the
soldiers of the prep duke and of the Legate . Once she group cast a hurried sk terr ywards ified g that lance rapt around sera her hic ; and res then sion s again ublimed lifting once more her e th yes e
sad , sweet , , yearning , face p . Many p of the spectators dared to doubt that one so so fair and ureso mild and so resigned
could have young entered , into very a compact p with , the evil one . Even , women bean to ity . There was a great hushand all hearts
beat fast , g as the tall p -looking figure , sewn in the , long- straight sackwas lifted on to the parapet of the bridge . The executioner
soft spoke tones , some of muttered Angela were words heard in , a throug harsh , h discordan the tense t voice stillness . The , in
her Her audible eyes long , , intense as hair the waving Henker prayer . wildl suddenl Her , she li y ps pushed flashed closed her firml throug from y , h and , the the she air bri shut dge A .
heavy plunge , and a great sp y lash , of waters . The people rushed . The eagerl waters y to the unclose edge and of the the face bridge of , the to the duchess banks appeared of the above river .
could them . see Her how hands terribl , were she confined strove in to rais the e cruel them sack . ' She , but did they not
drown easily . The bod y y floatedthough the swelling- waters ,
sucked her slowly , slowly , inch by inch , into their dark depths .
S6 Agnes Bernauebin.
S 6 AGNES _BERNAUEBIN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/14/
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