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200 CHAPTER II.

JUNGFRAU.

E got to N, on the slopes of Jungfrau, about noon on the 26th. We lunched at a little auberge, and then climbed up the slope, pretending that we were merely on a walk, and refusing a guide. Without much difficulty we reached the spot pointed out by Aleriel on the map. After some three hours' walking, we sat down on a rock waiting the sunset. Slowly the orb of day sank to the west, amid the glorious mountains. The rosy tints of sunset were just beginning to adorn the peaks, when I noticed coming towards me a figure wrapped in a large cloak, who, as he drew nearer I saw must be my mysterious friend.

"Oh, I am so frightened," said Maud, seizing my arm. "There he is. I wish we had not come. I wish I had never persuaded you to take this mad journey."

"Do not fear, dearest; all will be well. God