Walter Scott Quote

"Alas! fair Rowena," returned De Bracy, "you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive that doom which you fondly expect from him."


Ch. 23, De Bracy's vain attempt to woo Rowena using the language of courtly love. - Ivanhoe (1819)


Alas! fair Rowena, returned De Bracy, you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive...

Alas! fair Rowena, returned De Bracy, you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive...

Alas! fair Rowena, returned De Bracy, you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive...

Alas! fair Rowena, returned De Bracy, you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive...