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Vincent sighed "I ain, I

am very sure"

"I hope you will Good-bye"

He did not dare so much as touch the bed, but went out at once to make

his report He had questioned the boy--a dull boy, but he thought

honest Assuredly he had seen no lady on his way His lies deceived

Maulfry, ould have known better but for her proneness to think

everybody a fool Soon Isoult heard the thud of hoofs on the herbage;

then Alice cairls becaether

over Prosper and Galors and Maulfry--the Golden Knight as a

woman! The escape savoured a miracle, was certainly the act of soht, to which Isoult,

convinced that it was Love, assented for courtesy

"Though for my part," she added, "I lean hardly upon Saint Isidore"

"You do well," said Alice, "he is a great saint Is he your patron?"

"I think he is," said Isoult

"Then it is he who has helped you, be sure No other could know the

ins and outs of your story so well, or els, you see, are few, and their business very great" Isoult

agreed

Of Prosper Alice could not get a clear ie When Isoult was upon

that thee to

abstractions She candidly confessed that he did not love her; but

then she did not ask that he should