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'Retire!' said Barnardine, sternly; 'you are not wanted;' and, as E, Annette obeyed 'I CAN tell you,' repeated the porter,--'but I know not how--you was

afflicted before'-'I am prepared for the worst, my friend,' said Emily, in a firm and

solemn voice 'I can support any certainty better than this suspense' 'Well, Signora, if that is the case, you shall hear--You know, I

suppose, that the Signor and his lady used soree It is

none of my concerns to enquire what it was about, but I believe you know

it was so' 'Well,' said Enor, it seeainst her I saw

all, and heard all,--a great deal ht for; but it

was none of nor

sent for me "Barnardine," says he, "you are--an honest man, I think I

can trust you" I assured his excellenza that he could "Then," says he,

as near as I can remember, "I have an affair in hand, which I want you

to assist me in"--Then he toldabout--it concerned only the Signora' 'O Heavens!' exclaimed Emily--'what have you done?' Barnardine hesitated, and was silent

'What fiend could tempt him, or you, to such an act!' cried Emily,

chilled with horror, and scarcely able to support her fainting spirits