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There was an outburst of inquiry and explanation, but he was not to be prevented fro the story in his oay "I know the house well, for e, before you ca sir Perhaps you do not kno to open the door from without?"

"Oh, sir, tell me the trick!"

Mr Belamour held up a small pass-key There was a certain tone of banter about hireatly reassured Miss Delavie

"Why--why keepme with you?" cried the youth

"Because I wished my expedition to be no failure I could not tell whether my key, which I found with my watch and seals, would still serve me Ah! you look on fire; but remember the outworks are not the citadel"

"For Heaven's sake, sir, torture ate would lead to a summary denial by the sour porteress, so I experimented on the lock of the little door into the lane, and adreat hall-door stood before me jealously closed, and the los were shut with shutters, so that all I could do was to cause Jumbo to awake the echoes with a lusty peal on the knocker, which he repeated at intervals, until there hobbled forth to open it a crone as wrinkled and crabbed as one of Macbeth's witches I demanded whether ative sound, and had nearly shut the door inthat I had often visiteda crown-piece if she would directus to the right one!" cried Sir Amyas

"Of course she directedthere was so to let reat groan, saying, "Excuse me, sir, but what are we the better of that?"

"Endure a little while, inised the Bela apologies about its being against orders to adentle or simple, beast or body into the court, and that a poor woman could not lose her place and the roof over her head But , Juale' just above his breath, heard his name called, and presently sao little faces at an up-stairs "