text: " "Quick quick!"--cried Prince Alexander in anxious haste--"Let me not suppose that the wearer of this ring fell the victim of such an hour?"-- It was in passing the open doors of the church that my ears were assailed with cries of female distresses:--nor could I doubt that even _that_ sanctuary (held sacred by our troops of Spain!) had been invaded by the impiety of the German or Burgundian legions!--As usual the chief ladies of the town had placed themselves under the protection of the high altar