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room, and drew every eye upon them

"We are seen, we are seen!" shouted Hubert, and as he spoke, a terrible

cry idled the room In an instant every sword leaped fro appallingly out on the air

Sir Norman drew his sword, too; but the count, with his eyes yet fixed

on Miranda, still held him by the arm, and excitedly exclaimed, "Tell me, tell me, is it Leoline?"

"Leoline! No--how could it be Leoline? They look alike, that's all Draw

your sword, count, and defend yourself; we are discovered, and they are

upon us!"

"We are upon them, you mean, and it is they who are discovered," said

the count, doing as directed, and stepping boldly in "A pretty hornet's

next is this we have lit upon, if ever there was one"

Side by side with the count, with a dauntless step and eye, Sir Norht of hi

from lip to lip There was a yell of "Betrayed, betrayed!" and the

dwarf, with a face so distorted by fiendish fury that it was scarcely

hu voice of

the count rang like a bugle blast through the assembly, "Sheathe your swords, the whole of you, and yield yourselves prisoners

In the king's name, I command you to surrender"