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"This grand bonfire of our ," rehted, the

city will be one sea of fire"

"A slight foretaste of what most of its inhabitants will behold in

another world," said the page, with a French shrug "I have heard

Lilly's prediction that London is to be purified by fire, like a second

Sodoht"

"Not unlikely; the dome of St Paul's would be an excellent place to

view the conflagration"

"The river will do al that presently," said the earl, as he

and his page descended to the river, where the little gilded barge lay

ht Orhtfully

after theure were that of the lady, but the voice

was different; both were clear and lish

with the purest accent, while his was the voice of a foreigner It e, unaccountable likenesses we soers, but the reseht his thoughts back from himself sad his

own fortunate love, to his violently-sue-stricken beloved; and he began speculating what he could possibly

be about just then, or what he had discovered in the old ruin Suddenly

he was aroused; a moment before, the silence had been alht, there came a shout A tu

"Stop her! Stop her!" was cried bypast hied head fore robes of white, waving hair of