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Lady Chloe sniffed her kind, whinnied, and broke into a trot She knew

sooner than I that there was life beyond the turn We rode up to the

gate, and I disate The

lock hung loose, like a paralytic hand Evidently those inside had

nothing to fear froate, Chloe following knowingly at loves Chloe whinnied again, and there ca whinny from somewhere in the rear of the castle Somebody

hts in the left wing, but this part of the castle was

surrounded by an empty moat, damp and weedy This was not to be

entered save by a ladder There was a great central door, however,

which had a raveled walk

I tied Lady Chloe to a tree, knotted the bridle-reins above her neck to

prevent her fro her restless feet into thehts this was the one on which ry and tired, and I dare sayfor an adventure; I didn't want any

adventure; I wanted nothing in the world but a ht air--the breath of the ht--I should have been perfectly willing to sleep in the open Down

drawbridge, up portcullis!