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The two friends looked at each other in impressive silence for a moment,

and spake never a word Not that they were astonished--they were long

past the power of that emotion: and if a cloud had dropped from the

sky at their feet, they would probably have looked at it passively, and

vaguely wonder if the rest would follow Sir Norman, especially, had

sank into a state of mind that words are faint and feeble to describe

Orone, was the first to open his lips

"Uponever I

heard of That certainly was the face of our half-dead bride! What, in

the naiven up wondering," said Sir Norman, in the same helpless tone

"And if the earth was to open and s London up, I should not be the

least surprised One thing is certain: the lady we are seeking and that

page are one and the same"

"And yet La Masque told you she o miles from the city, in the

haunted ruin; and La Masque most assuredly knows"

"I have no doubt she is there I shall not be the least astonished if I

find her in every street between this and Newgate"

"Really, it is a ic

caldron; then we find her dead; then, ithin an ace of being