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The young pirate hied to listen with the most strained attention while Ledscha, in lohispers, accused the Greek sculptor of having basely wronged and deceived her; but the curse hich Hanno received this acknowledg around the boat, and it seemed as if it wished to express its approval to the corsair, for this time its fierce croak, as it suddenly swooped down to the surface of the water behind the boat, sounded shrilly through the silent night But it soon soared again, and now Ledscha's declaration that she would become Hanno's bride only on condition that he would aid her to punish the Hellenic traitor also reached hiht risk," "thanks and reward"

The girl's whispered allusion to two colossal statues h of disagreeablefrom the pirate

At last he raised his deep voice to ask whether Ledscha, if the venture in which he would willingly risk his life were successful, would accoood ship whose command his father intrusted to hinant exclamation as she repulsed Hanno's preht have been heard by the hawk even at a greater distance

Then the pirate's proain, and did not raise her tones until she saw in i down upon the man who had torn her heart with such pitiless cruelty

Was this the happiness predicted for her on the night of the full ht be, and, radiant with secret joy, her eyes sparkling and her boso as if her foot was already on the breast of the fallen foe, she assured Hanno that the gold and the ivory should belong to him, and to him alone; but not until he had delivered the base traitor to her alive, and left his punisho with him wherever he wished--not until then, and not one moment earlier

The pirate, with a proud "I'll capture him!" consented to this condition; but Ledscha, in hurried words, now described how she had planned the attack, while the corsair, at her bidding, plied the oars so as to bring the boat nearer to the scene of the assault

The vulture followed the skiff; but when it stopped opposite to the large white building, one side of which ashed by the waves, Ledscha pointed to the s of Her pirate: "You will seize hi, soft black beard, and the slender figure, Ihi hifor a dead one"