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"Call Lady Castleuards passed through the doorway leading to the Black Chahness, I presume, is ready to attend to her case"

"Before I attend to hers or any one else's case," said the dwarf,

hopping over the table like an overgrown toad, "I will first see that

this guest of ours is properly taken care, of, and does not leave us

without the cereood-bye"

With which, he seized one of the wax candles, and trotted, with rather

unprincely haste, after Sir Norht

had been led down the sah before;

but instead of entering the chah the

centre arch, and found the, vaulted corridor,

dilow of the outer one It was as cold and disht, as he had ever seen; and it had an odor dareat, ponderous doors

on either aide, fastened with huge iron bolts; and before one of these

his conductors paused Just as they did so, the gliloo from ear to ear,

he was by their side