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58 volume of Swedish history. 'You come,' said she, rising from her seat, 'to announce that my orders have been obeyed.' 'I come,' replied the Father, 'on a more fitting errand for the minister of our Saviour; I come in his name to entreat your pity and pardon for yonder miserable offender. Please your Grace to think, that you may take life away, but cannot give it!' 'You will leave your penitent to die unconfessed,' was her only answer; 'I would not destroy both soul and body: but on your own heads be the sin, if you waste the time allowed to prepare for eternity.' 'Lady, for your own soul's sake,' cried the agitated old man, 'be merciful! remember, his blood will rise to the skies, and cry aloud for judgment, even, at the last day!' 'Between me and Heaven be the reckoning," exclaimed she, resuming her seat. 'For the love of our Lady, be pitiful! Only see him: you cannot order a fellow-creature from your own presence into eternity!' The Queen started from her chair. 'I have,' said she, white with anger, which yet affected not her calm and measured words,—'I have laid down most of the possessions of my ancestor; but once a Queen always a Queen; and treason shall not pass in my household unpunished while I retain but one faithful follower to avenge