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the baron, "where you shall only see light through a loophole."
"But through that loophole," said Matilda, "will I take my flight, like a young eagle from its aery; and, father, while I go out freely, I will return willingly: but if once I slip out through a loop-hole———" She paused a moment, and then added, singing:
The love that follows fain
Will never its faith betray:
But the faith that is held in a chain
Will never be found again,
If a single link give way.
Will never its faith betray:
But the faith that is held in a chain
Will never be found again,
If a single link give way.
The melody acted irresistibly on the harmonious propensities of the friar, who accordingly sang in his turn:
For hark! hark! hark!
The dog doth bark,
That watches the wild deer's lair.
The dog doth bark,
That watches the wild deer's lair.
