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Sir Nor-froid of the speaker, turned

to take a second look at hirown darker as it wore on, and the few stars that had glimmered

faintly had hid their diminished heads behind the piles of inky clouds

Still, there was a sort of faint phosphorescent light whitening the

glooht eyes discovered that he wore

a long dark cloak and slouched hat He discovered so else,

too--that he had seen that hat and cloak, and the e, not an hour before It struck Sir Nor; and his pulses quickened a trifle, as he

thought that heto the husband of the lady for whom

he had so suddenly conceived such a rash and inordinate attach reloaded his pistol, with a self-possession

refreshing to witness, replaced it in his doublet, gathered up the

reins, and, glancing slightly at his copeople

is so little in my line, that I scarcely kno to set about it

Perhaps, inal, this," thought Sir Norman, "whoever he is" Then aloud:

"Pray don't trouble yourself about thanks, sir, I should have dohwaymen, had you been three to one over

therateful, for you

have saved my life all the same, and you have never seen me before"