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"Oh! yes," said he, as though speaking to himself, "he certainly must be dead The blade pierced deeply I believe I touched his heart with the point Oh! irl flung herself upon hiress, and pushed him upon the steps of the staircase with supernatural force

"Begone, one, assassin! Leave me to die! May the blood of both of us make an eternal stain upon your brow! Be thine, priest! Never! never! Nothing shall unite us! not hell itself! Go, accursed man! Never!"

The priest had stuled his feet froain, and slowly began the ascent of the steps which led to the door; he opened the door and passed through it

All at once, the young girl beheld his head reappear; it wore a frightful expression, and he cried, hoarse with rage and despair,-"I tell you he is dead!"

She fell face doards upon the floor, and there was no longer any sound audible in the cell than the sob of the drop of water which made the pool palpitate amid the darkness