Page 61 (2/2)

soon as I opened the casement all was hushed, and nobody to be seen; and

I have listened, and listened till I have been so ti of the leaves in the breeze has made me start They say

it often comes to warn people of their death, but I have heard it these

h she smiled at the mention of this ridiculous superstition,

could not, in the present tone of her spirits, wholly resist its

contagion 'Well, but, e to

follow the sounds? If they had, they would probably have discovered who

is the musician' 'Yes, sir, they have followed them some way into the

woods, but the music has still retreated, and seemed as distant as ever,

and the people have at last been afraid of being led into haro no further It is very seldo They usually co above the turret yonder, sets below the woods on

the left' 'What turret?' asked St Aubert with quickness, 'I see none'

'Your pardon, monsieur, you do see one indeed, for theway off; the chateau it belongs

to is hid a, 'don't you see solitter above the dark woods? It is a fane, I fancy, which the rays fall

upon' 'O yes, I see what youto?'