“You English swine! My daughter chose to enter a cloister, she pleaded with me to send her away. She was prepared to make the marriage, but ’twas her holy right to choose God as her lord if she wished. No king can deny her the right to pledge herself to a life of seclusion and devotion to God, and you know it! Bring her down here,” he shouted. “She’ll tell you ’twas her own choice!” His words slashed Jenny’s heart like a jagged sword. Evidently, he really had intended to lock her away for the rest of her life, and without ever telling her what he meant to do; he’d been willing to sacrifice her
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