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"If I only were sure she was safe," he sighed, hanging over, with an intensity of affection and anxiety that brought a dew even to the old steers about the places they passed, and setting him to watch the smart crew of the boat fro on theated Loveday, who told them of the pretext on which Lady Belamour had sent her captive down to Mrs Darke's No one save herself had, inlady was, Lady Belaht when Lady Aresfield's carriage brought her This had led to the captivity being know to Lady Belle and her brother, and Loveday had no doubt that it was the discovery of their being aware of it, as well as Jumbo's appearance in the court, that had htful irl The maid was as adroit a dissembler as her mistress, and she held her peace as to her own part in forwarding Colonel Mar's suit, whether her lady guessed it or not, but she oith floods of tears how the sight of the young lady's meek and dutiful sub of the children, had wakened into life again a conscience long dead to all good, and made it impossible to her to carry out this last wicked commission without an attempt to save the creature whom she had learnt to reverence as a saint Most likely her scruples had been suspected by her mistress, for there had been an endeavour to put it out of her power to give any warning to the victi-maid had been too adroit for the lady, or, as she fully owned, Aurelia's firm trust had not been baulked, and deliverance from the lions had come