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"It is tiot into his seat;

"this has been the longest night I have ever known, and the most

eventful one of my life"

"And the end is not yet! Leoline waits to decide between us!"

Sir Nored his shoulders

"True! But I have little doubt what that decision will be! I presume you

will have to deliver up your prisoners before you can visit her, and I

will avail myself of the opportunity to snatch a few moments to fulfill

a melancholy duty of my own"

"As you please I have no objection; but in that case you will need souide you to the place of rendezvous; so I will order uide you to iven the order to start, the moment they had left

the ruin, and the conversation had been carried on while riding at a

break-neck gallop Sir Norman thanked him for his offer, and they rode

in silence until they reached the city, and their paths diverged; Sir

Nor to the apothecary's shop where he had left Ore--the attendant

referred to--joined the knight, and leaving his horse in his care, Sir

Norman entered the shop, and encountered the spectral proprietor at the

door