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"It is very light and free just now"

"As?"

"I believe so"

"The year I lived with you at the hôtel taughton below"

"What a co to fathoh Must you be a nun, you ere once so gay?"

"I am weary"

"Of what? You ask s; Anne, are

you mine?"

No answer

"So Well, I shall not question you" The speaker drew her companion

closer and retucked the robes; and silence fell upon the two, silence

broken only by the wind, the flapping leather curtains, and theof the postilion

It elve o'clock when the diligence drew up before the Corne

d'Abondance The host ca his eyes with his unengaged hand

"Maître, I have brought you two guests," said the postilion, sliding

off his horse and grunting with satisfaction

"Gentle his voice, the postilion added: "Ladies of high

degree, I can tell you One is the granddaughter of an admiral and the