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"A dagger!" he exclai of h her closed teeth, and with her eyes

fla the earth of that fiend incarnate would

be a good deed, and no uard; but he never is that with h to reach his black heart through all that mass of

brawn, and blood, and muscle No, Sir Norman, Doom has allotted it to

you--obey, and I swear to you, you shall go free; refuse--and in ten

minutes your head will roll under the executioner's axe!"

"Better that than the freedom you offer! Madame, I cannot murder!"

"Coward!" she passionately cried; "you fear to do it, and yet you have

but a life to lose, and that is lost to you now!"

Sir Norhty

flush that cri; but, her than ain and again, there is

no risk These guards will not let you out; but there are h the door, and I can lead you up behind the

tapestry to where he is standing, and you can stab hih the back,

and escape with me! Quick, quick, there is no ti back and folding his