Jacqueline of Holland, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Jacqueline of Holland, Vol. 3 of 3
"Let him be rolled through the streets in a spiked barrel," exclaimed another.
"Torture, torture! death, death! away with him!" chorused the whole party; while the harsh voice and harsher looks of Countess Marguerite sanctioned each and all of those ferocious proposals, and Jacqueline, supported by Benina, continued her strenuous efforts to interpose between the intended victim and his ready-made destroyers, and postpone, though she had faint hope of finally averting, his fate.
Vrank Van Borselen, though an extremely brave man, the common quality of the age, did not possess that fiery kind of valour which plunges and struggles with danger, sometimes succeeding to shake it off, but more commonly sinking under the violence it provokes. His courage was more reflective than impetuous; and instead now of wasting his strength in vain efforts to escape, or hurrying on his doom by word or action, he silently listened to the abuse, and passively submitted to the outrage of his assailants.
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