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"Am I late Hubert?" said his hurried questioner, as he drew the lad's

ar

"I think not The count," said Hubert, with laughing emphasis, "has

not been visible since he entered yonder doorway, and there has been no

e has arrived,

the e will soon be here, for the royal procession starts within

half an hour"

"Are you sure there is no trick, Hubert? Even now he ed his shoulders

"He maybe; we must take our chance for that; but we have his royal word

to the contrary Not that I haveof the world instead of only England," cried Sir

Nor eyes, "he shall not have Leoline while I wear a

sword to defend her!"

"Regicide!" exclai up both hands in affected horror

"Do my ears deceive sley, ready to die for king and country--"

"Stuff and nonsense!" interrupted Sir Norman, impatiently "I tell you

any one, be he whom he may, that attempts to take Leoline froht to be a French her dazzling suitor drop his barnyard feathers, and

soar over her head in his own eagle pluive you your