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audible but a low murmur The only word she could make out was a low,

emphatic "Remember!" in the count's voice, and then she knew she was in

a boat, and that it was shoved off, andof heat and suffocation was dreadful and as her abductor placed

her on some cushions, she made another desperate but feeble effort to

free herself frohtly on

hers, and a voice interposed

"Lady, it is quite useless for you to struggle, as you are irrevocably

in my power, but if you will promise faithfully not to make any outcry,

and will submit to be blindfolded, I shall re from your head Tell me if you will proush of free air caasp out a faint "I proether, and she caught one bright fleeting gliht; of the bright blue

sky, gemmed with countless stars, and of soe, whose face was perfectly unknown to her The next

instant, a bandage was bound tightly over her eyes, excluding every ray

of light, while the strange voice again spoke apologetically, "Pardon, lady, but it is my orders! I am commanded to treat you with

every respect, but not to let you see where you are borne to"