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The brigadier, followed by the commissary, disappeared by the inside staircase, acco Andrea had excited in the crowd This is what had happened Andrea had very cleverly ed to descend two-thirds of the chi his endeavors, he came into the room with nified little had the room been e in one bed, were awakened by the noise, and fixing their eyes upon the spot whence the sound proceeded, they saw a man One of these ladies, the fair one, uttered those terrible shrieks which resounded through the house, while the other, rushing to the bell-rope, rang with all her strength Andrea, as we can see, was surrounded by misfortune
"For pity's sake," he cried, pale and bewildered, without seeing who,--"for pity's sake do not call assistance! Save me!--I will not harm you"
"Andrea, the enie! Madelars!" exclaimed Andrea, stupefied
"Help, help!" cried Made the bell fro it yethis hands "For pity, for mercy's sake do not deliver enie
"Well, conceal me somewhere; you can say you were needlessly alarmed; you can turn their suspicions and saveclosely to one another, and drawing the bedclothes tightly around thenance and fear taking possession of their minds
"Well, be it so," at length said Eugenie; "return by the sa about you, unhappy wretch"
"Here he is, here he is!" cried a voice froadier had put his eye to the keyhole, and had discovered Andrea in a posture of entreaty A violent blow from the butt end of the musket burst open the lock, two more forced out the bolts, and the broken door fell in Andrea ran to the other door, leading to the gallery, ready to rush out; but he was stopped short, and he stood with his body a little thrown back, pale, and with the useless knife in his clinched hand
"Fly, then!" cried Mademoiselle d'Armilly, whose pity returned as her fears dienie (in a tone which a Vestal in the aladiator to finish his vanquished adversary) Andrea shuddered, and looked on the young girl with an expression which proved how little he understood such ferocious honor "Killdown his knife; "why should I do so?"