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26 The knights listened in suspense,—it was the voice of the Recluse. They looked at the grate, and fancied they saw her extending her arms downwards, to some one beneath; but to whom? all around was quiet,—only at a distance something was flickering, like a steel helmet, and a shadow on the ground;—was it the cloak of a knight? It vanished. Surely the eye must have been deceived; it might be the first gleam of Aurora's light, with a cloud of dust raised by the breath of morn.

"Brethren," said Halban, "thanks be to Heaven, whose decrees have brought us hither; let us trust to the voice of the Recluse. Did you hear her