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"Why, one as that? Upon my

honor, I had no idea you were in such a bad way"

"I a but a miserable wretch! and I wish to Heaven I was in

yonder dead-cart, with the rest of them--and she, too, if she never

intends to love me!"

Ormiston spoke with such fierce earnestness, that there was no doubting

his sincerity; and Sir Norman becaain until they were almost at the door Then he

opened his lips to ask, in a subdued tone:

"She has predicted the future for you--what did she foretell?"

"Nothing good; no fear of there being anything in store for such an

unlucky dog as I am"

"Where did she learn this wonderful black art of hers?"

"In the East, I believe She has been there and all over the world; and

now visits England for the first tihtly season for her visit Is she not afraid of

the plague, I wonder?"

"No; she fears nothing," said Orin to believe she is made of adamant instead of what other

women are made of"