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thou know my voice? Wilt thou not raise thy head and look upon me?

I know your voice: you are very kind to come to me in my misery.

Misery, indeed! Oh that I should see thee thus,—the extremity of human wretchedness closing around thee!

Say not the extremity, Robert Kennedy, for I am innocent.

I will believe it. Ay, in despite of evidence as clear as the recognition of noon-day,—in despite of all evidence, I would believe it. The hateful sin of witchcraft, if such a sin there be, thou hast never committed; it is impossible.

I know thou wilt believe it: and O! that thou could'st also believe that I am innocent of all falsehood and fickleness of affection! But thou canst not do so; it were unreasonable to expect it. Thou wilt think of me as an ungrateful, deceitful creature; and this is the memory I must leave behind me with Robert of Dungarren.