Thelowerpartofthisampleapartmentwasfilledwithsquiresandyeomen，whomadewaynotwithoutsomedifficultyforRebecca，attendedbythePreceptorandMont-Fitchet，andfollowedbytheguardofhalberdiers，tomoveforwardtotheseatappointedforher。Asshepassedthroughthecrowd，herarmsfoldedandherheaddepressed，ascrapofpaperwasthrustintoherhand，whichshereceivedalmostunconsciously，andcontinuedtoholdwithoutexaminingitscontents。Theassurancethatshepossessedsomefriendinthisawfulassemblygavehercouragetolookaround，andtomarkintowhosepresenceshehadbeenconducted。
Shegazed，accordingly，uponthescene，whichweshallendeavourtodescribeinthenextchapter。
CHAPTERXXXVII
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