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"No such thing, Prudence If I did, I should have her here in a

twinkling, depend upon--it However, it all co in

the end She is probably dead by this tiue-pit, anyhow If you have nothing further to say, Prudence,

you had better bid ht, roan, as she

wrapped her cloak closely around her, and turned to go

La Masque stood for aafter her, and then placed a key

in the lock of the door But there is ht; for just at that moment a new step sounded

beside her, a new voice pronounced her na around, she

beheld Or person had listened

to the neat and appropriate dialogue I have just had the pleasure of

i, may be--to use a phrase you ined than described He knew very ho Leoline

was, and how she had been saved froue-pit; but where in the

world had La Masque found it out Lost in a maze of wonder, and inclined

to doubt the evidence of his own ears, he had stood perfectly still,