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And upon the old woman's face there caenuine, heartfelt cry restored her

confidence in Celia

"So with

excitement

"Ah,

the jargon which she had learnt frorinned

"Yes, la petite is under control," she repeated, with a sneer; and

all the elegance of her velvet goas unable to hide her any

longer frorin had betrayed her She was

of the dregs But Helene Vauquier whispered: "Keep still, irl into the recess and placed her upon the

stool With a long cord Adele bound her by the arms and the waist

to the pillar, and her ankles she fastened to the rung of the

stool, so that they could not touch the ground

"Thus we shall be sure that e hear rapping it will be the

spirits, and not the heels, which rap," she said "Yes, I am

contented now" And she added, with a s up a white scarf of tulle which Celia had

brought doith her, she placed it carelessly round her

shoulders

"Wait!" Helene Vauquier whispered in Celia's ear

To the cord about Celia's waist Adele was fastening a longer line