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"My friend can do as he pleases What do you say, Hubert?"

"I should like to go, of all things, if neither of you have any

objections"

"Come on, then," said the count, "ill find horses in readiness a

short distance froether, and walked on in silence through several

streets, until they reached a retired inn, where the count's recent

coe whispered a feords

to him, upon which he bowed and retired; and in an instant they were all

in the saddle, and galloping away

The journey was rather a silent one, and what conversation there was,

was principally sustained by the count Hubert's usual flow of pertinent

chat seemed to have forsaken his to think of--Leoline, Ormiston, Miranda, and the mysterious count

hi Soon, they left the city

behind the two miles were quickly passed over, and

the "Golden Crown," all dark and forsaken, now hove in sight As they