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"Oh that the holy man were here," she said; "he can deliver me: the dead and the living can never be one: God has forbidden it." OH THAT THE HOLY MAN WERE HERE SHE SAID HE CAN DELIVER ME THE DEAD AND THE LIVING CAN NEVER BE WON GOD HAS FORBIDDEN IT
n she exclaimed, with the same urgency: "Food, for God's sake, food, at once, or I perish." A considerable fragment of a roast joint was upon the table, and Schalken immediately began to cut some, but he was anticipated, for no sooner did she see it than she caught it, a more than mortal image of famine, and with her hands, and even with her teeth, she tore off the flesh, and swallowed it. When the paroxysm of hunger had been a little appeased, she appeared on a sudden overcome with shame, or it may have been that other more agitating thoughts overpowered and scared her, for she began to weep bitterly and to wring her hands. "Oh, send for a minister of God," said she; "I am not safe till he comes; send for him speedily." Gerard Douw despatched a messenger instantly, and prevailed on his niece to allow him to surrender his bed chamber to her use. He also persuaded her to retire to it at once to rest; her consent was extorted upon the condition that they would not leave her for a moment.  THEM SHE HAD HARDLY SWALLOWED IT WHEN SHE EXCLAIMED WITH THE SAME URGENCY FOOD FOR GOD'S SAKE FOOD AT ONCE OR I PERISH A CONSIDERABLE FRAGMENT OF A ROAST JOINT WAS UPON THE TABLE AND SHALKIN IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO CUT SOME BUT HE WAS ANTICIPATED FOR NO SOONER DID SHE SEE IT THAN SHE CAUGHT IT A MORE THAN MORTAL IMAGE OF FAMINE AND WITH HER HANDS AND EVEN WITH HER TEETH SHE TORE OFF THE FLESH AND SWALLOWED IT WHEN THE PAROXYSM OF HUNGER HAD BEEN A LITTLE APPEASED SHE APPEARED ON A SUDDEN OVERCOME WITH SHAME OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT OTHER MORE AGITATING THOUGHTS OVERPOWERED AND SCARED HER FOR SHE BEGAN TO WEEP BITTERLY AND TO WRING HER HANDS OH SEND FOR A MINISTER OF GOD SAID SHE I AM NOT SAFE TILL HE COMES SEND FOR HIM SPEEDILY GERARD DOW DESPATCHED A MESSENGER INSTANTLY AND PREVAILED ON HIS NIECE TO ALLOW HIM TO SURRENDER HIS BED CHAMBER TO HER USE HE ALSO PERSUADED HER TO RETIRE TO IT AT ONCE TO REST HER CONSENT WAS EXTORTED UPON THE CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE HER FOR A MOMENT
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