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that she feared, lest her own light steps should be heard by the distant

sentinels, and she walked cautiously towards the spot, where she had

beforeonward through

the glooth, she was startled by a deep voice,

that spoke near her, and she paused, uncertain whether it was his, till

it spoke again, and she then recognized the hollow tones of Barnardine,

who had been punctual to theon the ra sooner,

and saying, that he had been waiting nearly half an hour, he desired

Eh which he

had entered the terrace

While he unlocked it, she looked back to that she had left, and,

observing the rays of the la, was

certain, that Annette was still there But her remote situation could

little befriend Emily, after she had quitted the terrace; and, when

Barnardine unclosed the gate, the dis on the pave

hiht accompany her

This, however, Barnardine absolutely refused to per at the

sahten the

pity and curiosity of Eth,

consented to follow him alone to the portal