, as she addressed him in these terms: "Tell the governor, on my
part, that if he be not already content with all I have suffered, let
him invent new torments, which the Hebrew Sol will accept as Heaven's
chastening for her sins; but become a Mahomedan--never!" So, turning
away from him, she knelt, and addressed herself to prayer.

Pale as death, fearing the anger of the governor, and his self-love
wounded at the failure of his embassy, the secretary left the dungeon,
and returned with all speed to the palace. The governor, on becoming
acquainted with the determination of the youthful Jewess, raved with the
ferocity of a tiger, and commanded that she should be loaded with
chains. And so greatly did the satellites of his despotism delight in
the works of cruelty, that not much time elapsed ere the savage mandate
was put into execution. The beautiful Sol was taken from her dungeon,
and placed in a cold, humid, subterranean cell--without air, and darker
than the night; on her white and chiselled throat was clasped a ring of
iron, to which were linked four chains that bound her hands and feet;
the weight of the heavy metal prevented her standing erect; the damp
ground was her only couch, and the only rest for her tortured limbs.
Sad, and full of anguish, was the solitude that now awaited this angel
of virtue; but nothing could discourage, nothing could daunt her.

The young Hebrew occupied herself in thoughts full of courage, and
reflections full of moral fortitude; whilst her parents, who had been
duly apprised of her removal to the subterranean cell, spent their time
in lamenting the sad change, and in seeking out persons whose influence
might soften the obdurate heart of the governor. In this search did Haim
Hachuel renew his diligence, every day that the unfortunate maiden
continued to groan beneath her chains, till at length his paternal
lamentations reached the compassionate ears of Don Jose Rico,
vice-consul of Spain, at that time, in Tangier. The voice of complaining
humanity never failed to touch the feeling heart of this good man; nor
could he rest till his benevolent work was begun. He respectfully,
therefore, petitioned the governor to mitigate the sufferings of the
young Jewess, or even, if possible, to liberate her altogether; public
sympathy being, as he represented, already excited in her behalf to a
powerful degree. These representations he urged with so much force and
effect, that, had the matter rested in