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For that offense she has been condemned to die . '' Here he was interrupted by a cry of rage which broke from the assembled foresters . Continuing unmoved , he said : `` Sir Rudolph , being unwilling to take the life of a woman , however justly forfeited by the law , commands me to say that if you will deliver yourself up to him by to-morrow at twelve the Dame Editha shall be allowed to go free . But that if by the time the dial points to noon you have not delivered yourself up , he will hang her over the battlements of the castle . '' Cuthbert was very pale , and he waved his hand to restrain the fury which animated the outlaws . `` This man , '' he said to them , `` is a herald , and , as such , is protected by all the laws of chivalry . Whatsoever his message , it is none of his .