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air, but of a sorrowful and dejected countenance Believing, that this

person had been secreted in the apartment, since it appeared impossible

he could have lately passed the anti-roo, ould have prevented this intrusion on their lord, the

Baron, calling loudly for his people, drew his sword, which he had not

yet taken froer slowly

advancing, told hi to fear; that he can, but to communicate to him a terrible secret, which it

was necessary for him to know

'The Baron, appeased by the courteoushim, for some time, in silence, returned his sword into the

scabbard, and desired him to explain the means, by which he had obtained

access to the chamber, and the purpose of this extraordinary visit

'Without answering either of these enquiries, the stranger said, that he

could not then explain hie of the forest, at a short distance from the castle walls,

he would there convince hi of iain alarer meant to draw hiht, without harbouring a design against his life, and he refused

to go, observing, at the saer's purpose

was an honourable one, he would not persist in refusing to reveal the

occasion of his visit, in the apartment where they were