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"Co forced into randfather She holds hie an impossibility For my part, I have

tried to convince her of the futility of resisting her royal uncle's

will" (Sensible little Britisher!) "What she is about to do will be

known only to four persons, one of whoht rascal"

"A rascal?" slipped iven you that ierly (A rascal? The

plot was thickening to formidable opaqueness)

"No, no!" she cried hastily, with a flash of sulish woiven me that impression at all"

"Thank you" My vanity expanded under the genial ware It was quite possible that she looked upon me favorably

"To proceed There is to be a kind of ht, and

you are to witness it" She watched me sharply

I frowned

"Patience! Not literally a us certificate"

"I do not understand at all"

"You have heard of Hermann Steinbock, a cashiered officer?"

"Yes I understand that he is the rascal to whom you refer"

"Well, this certificate is to be filled out cohness co to do, but she has gone too far to withdraw