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"Leoline!" he faintly gasped "Just atop a ain--will you?"

"No," said Or, for there is no ti in this diso"

Thus abjured, and seeing there was no help for it, Sir Norman, in a

dazed and bewildered state, complied; and Ormiston promptly and briskly

relaxed into business

"You see, , after you left, I

stood at ease at La Masque's door, awaiting that lady's return, and

was presently rewarded by seeing her come up with an old woman called

Prudence Do you recollect the wo out of the

home of the dead bride?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Well, that was Prudence She and La Masque were talking so earnestly

they did not perceive sley, I stayed

and listened Not a very handso, perhaps, but I couldn't resist

it They were talking of some one they called Leoline, and I, in a

moment, knew that it was your flame, and that neither of them knew any

more of her whereabouts than we did"

"And yet La Masque told me to come here in search of her," interrupted

Sir Norman