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Sergeant Meryll is the yeoman of the guard at the Tower of London. He is distressed by the thought of the approaching execution of one of the prisoners, Colonel Fairfax. Meryll admires Fairfax for his brilliant career as a soldier and desperately hopes that he will be reprieved. Likewise, his daughter Phoebe, has taken a fancy to Meryll and hopes that he will be saved. The imminent arrival of her brother, Leonard Meryll, has not raised their spirits, although there is a chance that he may bring
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PHŒBE. Father! Has no reprieve arrived for the poor gentleman?
Meryll. No, my lass; but there’s one hope yet. Thy brother Leonard, who, as a reward for his valour in saving his standard and cutting his way through fifty foes who would have hanged him, has been appointed a Yeoman of the Guard, will arrive today; and as he comes straight from Windsor, where the
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