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emerge, nor relnstated in the least degree Of
| fAvor until had 100 times abased myself before
and so ssa G day %s'n
last and with infinite difficulty restored nay. 30
complete was our redlnteeratio emoris that we
the strange coincidence that had divided us;
which did not seem SO very remarkable. how:
rememSep tSst sSe Saa said
about bcoths or stalls In her story, but would
men in her case having been hunted, she fan
cted. but could not at this distance OF time re.
Of bull ring, or circus, erected in the market
place, which, of course. made a good deal OF diff
Notwithstanding this discrepancy. however,
agree with her that the secret of her birth was
si@plo ! process as the journey % 70 Norwich,
| which had been going to suggest; Il was nat
and to her preten sions; and the hardship OF her
| lot, and tho ardOr and discussion of my ques-
day % passed but p she recovered @ YER some new detail
| from the past. as at one time service Of gold
which hS shs nbS shs hSd
time an accident that had befallen her In her
childhood, through her fathers coach and six
| ticulars land others as pertinent and romantic.
or. which will not linRerD gave us a certainty
were her parents once known, and while they
serycd to augment the respect In which my love
led led her W to take higher tone with me, and even even
on oecssions to carry hsrsclt towsTd me with an
sSs to ss
pai%sd s1tPsmlg and and .ti @ the fear 's pst
own should mmediateiy T lose her. forced @ n me % to
make tho acquaintance of yet another sido Of
Of 81 suspicion 81 and jealousy as made % me for a a
period the most unhappy Of men. From this
her sex. made no haste to relieve me. On the
contrary, by AFFECTING an increased reserve and
ment had wrought the desired end Of reducing
me to the lowest depths; and md she at length con:
casions, It was only to set me some task as the
In word. while became hopeiessly enslaved.
suTns 20 ar st
that she might see me by stealth in it and Judge
Sppesred PEI red to be further removed TT from me evers
day and at each meeting granted me fewer s
origin In the natural instinct OF q woman or was
| deliberately chosen as better calculated to In
crease my subservience, 1t had the latter effect,
condescended to meet me. and broached a plan
that earlier would have raised my hair. asked
pointing out the folly OF her proposal fell in with
| 1t with scarcely murmur.
which She did in the end with an air Of mystery. @
and the same assumption Of a secret withheld
that had tormented me before, amounted to
| nothing less than an evening sally into the
town on the occasion Of the approaching visit OF
the Duke Of York. who was 70 lie one night at
issued the strictest orders that all should keep
the house during this. visit, not so much
Though tho hOss. gay @ crowd that 70 followed % the
h hsd Ss sas' rssos sRa sad
ton weighed little in the scale against love. but
| IN I I fnnn htny hat
from porindas lips % nor C could I fsi to % ioresee
pose herself on such an expedition IN the town
| and at night. But as to youth in love nothing
| SO this proposal scared me for a moment only
| after which 1t cost my mistress no more than a
some scoidins. to make me- see it in it's true ane 81
pect OF an innocent frolic, traught with as much
pleasure to the cavalier as novelty to the es-
You will don your new suit" she said and
shall meet you in the garden at half.past g."
,oaiut But the boys may miss me- I protested
Ths hoys have missed bsto1s she
I confessed with lot cheeks that had been
and 'amsy hes fsF sRs
n9T m. But Of soaEss don't care to come
II am neither" 1 said warmly. "Only do
not quite understand, sweet, what you wish.
among them, am told, are. the prettiest men
and the most lovely women in the world. And
mad TO see them! And a popish priest which is
thing have never seen, though have heard
And do you expect to see all these things
through the windowsf cried in my superior
She did not answer at once. but. with her
| hands on my shoulders, swayed to and fro as II
she already heard the music; while her gypsy
and then on that. and her hair swung to and
fro on her shoulders in roguish abandonment
and she sad As
Through the windows Master Richard Long.
Tee yos shall tbem
after that. though made last effort to dis
snade her. there was nothing more to be said.
preparations, and at the appointed hour ext
evening rose softly from the miserable pallet on
self with shaking fingers and In the daPk%that
my bedfelows might know, little as possible
Of my movements-stole down the stairs and
Here [ found myself first at the rendezvous.
over the town, and the wind that stirred the
pop,ars brought scraps and sounds of music to
think what Was asoas 70 Do to weisS %9
taste the 9Islms that rawness and timidity
though had my fosrs no Vision of ths res
future obtruded itself on my mind as stood
plunge was about TO take: And before had
come to the end Of my patience Dorinda stood
beside me.
Dark as II was, fancied that discerned
something strange in her appearance, and
would have Investigated it, but she whispered
that we were late. and, eyading as well my
help her as quickly as I could over the fence
did 30. We crossed neighboring garden, and
In twlnklng and with the least possible diff
Guilty stood In the road. Here the strains oi
music came more plainly to the ear, and the
glare OF light hung lower and shone more
brightly. This seemed enough for my mistress
for for she turned that way without hesitation, and
quickly passed. Between the late hour and the
huH OF people toward the centre of interest," the
| streets were vacant, and we met no one until We
reached the main ttoroughfare, and came upon
the edge OF the great crowd that moved to and frC
before the Rose Inn, Here all the windows in
one OF which band OF music was playing some
now air. were brilliantly lighted while below
and round the door was such throng OF hurry
Ing walters aDd drawers. and such carrying OF
meals and drinks, and shouting Of orders as al
most turned the brain. A carriage and six thai
had Just set doYn Rrandee. come to pay hii
devoirs to tho Prince, was moving OF as VIZ
came up. the horses smoking md the position
stopping in M their saddles. 4 little to one side
come with the Duke; and on the whole noisy