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She immediately followed him, acco a vaulted passage, when suddenly she recollected

Annette, and enquired for her 'She awaits us further on, Signora,' said

Ludovico, alates were open, a moment

since, to a party just come in from the mountains: they will be shut,

I fear, before we can reach the down the lamp, 'take care, here are two steps'

E still more, than before she had understood,

that her escape from the castle, depended upon the present moment; while

Du Pont supported her, and endeavoured, as they passed along, to cheer

her spirits 'Speak low, Signor,' said Ludovico, 'these passages send echoes all

round the castle' 'Take care of the light,' cried Euish it' Ludovico now opened another door, where they found Annette, and the

party then descended a short flight of steps into a passage, which,

Ludovico said, led round the inner court of the castle, and opened into

the outer one

As they advanced, confused and tumultuous sounds, that

seenora,' said

Ludovico, 'our only hope is in that tunor's people