Miss Stanley reflected on this proposal for a moment. There was only one small grated
window in this hold, which admitted but little light. The man’s statement was
explicit, and spoken with confidence. The nuns had no regard for the sensibilities of a “lady” and expected Melusine—
for it was her allotted task—to clean and tend the soldier’s wounds even when
they festered. After repeatedly trying to remove the plate, which was so
firmly screwed down that it resisted all his efforts, and vainly attempting to pick
it with the spike and nail; he, at length, after half an hour's ineffectual labour,
wrenched off the box by means of the iron bar, and the door, as he laughingly
expressed it, "became his humble servant.
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