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 deline heard of Agatha's death being attended with suspicious circumstances, she conceived the dreadful idea of her having fallen a victim to the murderers of the countess, in order to prevent their being discovered; and to a similar apprehension she could not doubt she would be sacrificed herself, as they had seen her in the chapel with Agatha.

It was this fear therefore that made her wish to see Madame D'Alembert directly that she might entreat her permission to return to her father without any farther delay.

"See my lady, Mademoiselle," said Floretta, also rising.

"Yes, (cried Madeline, almost gasping for breath), this house is no longer safe for me to dwell in, and she must let me quit it directly."

"I will go and try whether she can come to you Mademoiselle, (said Floretta, who, alarmed by her agitation, feared to oppose her), but indeed I fear she cannot, without