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Beyond the door stretched a level space of grass intersected by a gravel

path Along this path the servant led Wogan and his cohts in the s on the upper floor, and a small

lamp illuminated the hall But the lower roo the door of a little library, announced

the Chevalier Wogan Wogan led his cohness," said he, "I have the honour to present to you the

Princess Maria Vittoria Caprara" He left the to each other silently; he closed the door and

went down stairs into the hall A door in the hall opened on to a sarden There once before Lady

Featherstone and Harry Whittington had spoken of Wogan's love for the

Princess Clean sat

there alone in the dark, listening to the women's voices overhead He

had come to the end of his efforts and could only wait At all events,

the wo; if he could only hear the! The sound of tears would have been very coan at

thatHe