“What is thy purpose, then, Sir Knight?” said the Jewess; “speak it briefly.⁠—If thou hast aught to do, save to witness the misery thou hast caused, let me know it; and then, if so it please you, leave me to myself⁠—the step between time and eternity is short but terrible, and I have few moments to prepare for it.”

“I perceive, Rebecca,” said Bois-Guilbert, “that thou dost continue to burden me with the charge of distresses, which most fain would I have prevented.”

“Sir Knight,” said Rebecca, “I would avoid reproaches⁠—But what is more certain than that I owe my death to thine unbridled passion?”