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Zara left her place besideme, near

the center table, and in the intensity of her story, lowered her voice

perceptibly She bent forward a little, unconsciously throwing over me

the saerness I

leaned forward,upon my knee, and with bated

breath, waited for her to continue When she did resume, it ith a

suppressed intensity that is indescribable

"This is what the old servant told you: An hour after ht there

was a peremptory summons at the door, and when he opened it he

discovered beyond the threshold, one of those terrible details of

fiends which the Third Section sends out on its foulest errands; but he

did not dreaht that

you were in trouble The officer in charge went straight to the door of

your sister's rooeular in, and followed by the scoundrels who

accompanied hi innocence was aroused by a brutal co, as beautiful in spirit as the

angels in heaven, was dragged froh hands of those

human devils Her shrieks and cries, were answered by jeers Her