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"Your secret shall be preserved at the risk ofhis hand on the left side of his doublet; "and in return,

--any sisters for instance?"

"I see I you have a suspicion that the lady in white may be a sister of

mine Well, you may set your mind at rest on that point--for if she is,

it is news to ht Is she a

particular friend of yours, Sir Norman?"

"Never you mind that, my dear boy; but take my advice, and don't trouble

yourself looking for her; for, most assuredly, if you find her, I shall

break your head!"

"Much obliged," said Hubert, touching his cap, "but nevertheless, I

shall risk it She had the plague, though, when she jumped into the

river, and perhaps the beat place to find her world be the pest-house I

shall try"

"Go, and Heaven speed you! Yonder is the way to it, and ht, Sir Nor airily; "and if I

do not find the lady to-night,a road leading to the pest-house, and laughing as he