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Trouble me not with these vain prayers . I will not pardon , I have sworn it ; begone , and learn thy station better than to plead for traitors . Thy husband braved me once ; beware , lest in these pleadings I hear _ his _ voice again . I tell him and thee that ere to-morrow 's noon be passed the soul of Nigel Bruce shall stand in judgment ; not another day , not another hour he lives to blast me with the memory of his treason . The warrant hath been signed , and is on its way to Berwick , to give his body to the hangman and his soul to Satan -- his death is sealed . '' `` Oh , no , no , no ! '' shrieked a voice of sudden anguish , startling all who heard , and even Edward , by its piteous tones , and the form of a page suddenly fell prostrate before the monarch .