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cried Mabel . `` What matters the violation of an unholy vow ? '' `` Give me till to-morrow for consideration , sire , '' said the old man . `` Thou shalt have till midnight , '' replied the king ; `` and till then Mabel shall remain with thee . '' `` I would rather be left alone , '' said Tristram . `` I doubt it not , '' replied the king ; `` but it shall not be . '' And without bestowing a look at Mabel , whose supplications he feared might shake his purpose , he quitted the vault with his attendants , leaving her alone with her grandsire .