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shoulders of the guides, whose footing a these steeps could best

be depended upon, he was borne along with an easy motion Some of the

Count's servants were also wounded--but notbound up, they now followed to the great gate As they

passed along the hall, a loud tumult was heard at some distance, and

Blanche was terrified

'It is only those villains in the dungeon,it open,' said the

Count 'No, my Lord,' replied Ludovico, 'it has an iron door; we have

nothing to fear froo first, and look out from the

rampart' They quickly followed hiates, where the party listened anxiously, but heard no sound, except

that of the torrent below and of the early breeze, sighing arew in the court; and they were now glad

to perceive the first tints of dawn over the mountain-tops When they

had uide, led

them by an easier path, than that by which they had forlen 'We must avoid that valley to the east, my Lord,'

said he, 'or we '