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All my fears, such as they were, left me instantly Besides, I was not

without a certain aallantry and huht and bowed

"Ladies, I ahost, but I pro to eat at once!"

Tableau!

"What are you doing here?" asked she with the candle, herdown her brows into a frown of displeasure

I bowed "To begin with, I find a gate unlocked, and being curious, I

open it; then I find a door unlatched, and I enter Under these

unusual circumstances I a here in this ruined castle? If it isn't ruined, it is

deserted, which a" This _was_ iuest

"That is ht here, now and at all times"

Her voice was cold and authoritative "There is an inn six miles

farther down the road; this is a private residence Certainly you can

not reht"