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 door, the women retreated from it, and shame alone, it was visible, prevented the men from following their example:—attended by them and Madeline he entered it, and the noise directly ceased.

The room, like Madeline's, was hung with tapestry; this was now raised, and the walls minutely examined, but no opening could be discovered, nor any means of entrance but by the door in the gallery.

"Were you ever before disturbed by any noise in this chamber?" asked St. Julian.

"No, (the servants replied) never before the present night."

Tis strange!" cried he, after pausing for a minute.

They then quitted the chamber, which he relocked.

"I shall keep the key myself, (said he, as he turned from it) it must undergo ano-