"Guy Fawkes knelt by the bedside, and addressed the most earnest supplications to Heaven for forgiveness.  For a while he heard Viviana's  gentle accents accompany him.  They grew fainter and fainter, until at last they totally ceased.  Filled with a dreadful apprehension, he sprang to his feet.  An angelic smile illuminated her countenance; her gaze was fixed on him for one moment-it then grew dim and dimmer until it was extinguished."-p. 347.

The engravings, on steel, by George Cruikshank for Ainsworth's novel illustrate the style of the modern image of the plot quite well. Select your favorite scene from the table below.

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