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She stopped suddenly, seeing her
brother raise his hand in warning. They
looked at each other in silence, and lis
| tened The sound of footsteps going
slowly past the house-ceasing for
moment just beyond it-then going on
again-came through the open window.
There was nothing else, out Of doors or
/ in, to disturb the silence of the night
the deadly silence of Terror which, for
months past, had hung over Paris. 1t
was significant sign of the times, that
even passing footstep sounding lit
| tie strangely at night, was subject for
suspicion, both to brother and sister
so common subject that they sus-
pended their conversation as matter
of course, without exchanging word OF
explanation, until the tramp of the
strange footsteps had died away.
Louis" continued Rose, dropping
her voice to a whisper, after nothing
more was audible, when may l trust
our secret to my husband"
"Not yet" reioined Trudaine earn
estly. Not word, not hint of it till
I give you leave. Remember, Rose, you
promised silence from the first. Every
thing depends on your holding that
promise sacred till l release you from
it."
81 will hold it sacred; will, indeed,
at all hazards, under all provocations,
she answered.
"That is quite enough to reassure
me-and now, love, let us change the
subject. Even these walls may have
ears, and the closed door yonder may
be no protection" He looked towards
it uneasily while he spoke. by the
by. have come round to your way of
thinking, Rose, about that new servant
of mine-there is something false i'll
his face. 1 wish l had been as quick
to detect it as you were"
Rose glanced at him affrightedly
"Has he done anything suspicious:
Have you caught him watching you?
Tell me the worst, Louis"
flush! hush! my dear, not so loud.
Don't alarm YOURSELF he has done
nothing suspicious"
Turn him off-pray, pray, turn MIN
off, before it is too late''
and be denounced by him, in re-
venge, the first night he goes to his
Section. You forget that servants and
masters are equal now. am not sup
posed to keep servant at all. l nave
citizen living with me who lays me
under domestic obligations, for which
l make a pecuniary acknowledgment
No! no! if do anything I must try if
can to entrap him into giving me
warning. But we have got to another
unpleasant subject already-suppose L
change the topic again. You will lind
little book on that table there, in the
corner-tell me what you think of It,.
The book was copy of Comedies
"Cid," prettily bound in blue morocco.
Rose was enthusiastic in her praises
81 found it in a booksellers shop yes
terday," said her brother, land bought
it as a present for you. Corneille is not
!. an author to compromise any one, even
in these times. Don't you remember
: saving the other day that you felt
: ashamed of knowing but little OF our
greatest dramatist?" Rose remembered
we'll, and smiled almost as happily as
| in the old times over her present.
t There are some good engravings at
the beginning of each act" continued
[ Trudaine, directing her attention rather
= earnestly to the illustrations, and then
5 suddenly leaving her side when he sa"
that she became interested in looking
at them.
/ He went to the window-listened-
l then drew aside the curtain, and looked
e I'D and down the street. No living sou
e was in sight. Il must have been mis-
e taken" he thought, returning hastily
p to his sister; "but l certainly fancied
= was followed in my walk today by
y spy"
: 81 wonder" said Rose, still busy ove1
d her book 81 wonder, Louis, whether M
d husband would let me go with you II
= see lie Cid the next time it is acted?'
r "Now cried voice at the door; mo
d if you went on your knees to ask him.
e Rose turned round with scream
e There stood her husband on the thres
Il hold, scowling at her, with his hat on
d and his hands thrust doggedly into hi
II pockets. Trudaines servant announce
!, him, with an insolent smile, durin
|, the pause that followed the discovery
II "Citizen-superintendent Danville, t
II visit the cheyenne, his wife," said tn
c fellow, making mock bow to his mas
1t ter.
e Rose looked at her brother, then ad
vanced.a few PAGES towards the dooi
If This M a surprise" she said, family
/" "has anything happened? View
Int expect YOU" Her voice faile
:. as she saw her husband advanc