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 "Oh! you are come at last: (she exclaimed as she pressed her friend to her palpitating heart) you are come, the blessed instrument of providence, to save me from destruction; let us quit this chamber, and secure the door till the family can be alarmed and the closet searched."

"Heaven defend us! (cried Floretta, instantly retreating towards the gallery) what did you see within the closet, Mademoiselle?"

"Nothing to alarm her, I am sure," said Madame D'Alembert.

"Nothing to alarm her!" repeated Madeline emphatically.

"No, (cried Madame D'Alembert) every avenue to that closet is secured; tis therefore impossible any one could have entered it without your knowledge; your imagination affected by the gloom of your apartment has deceived you."

"Good heaven! Madam, (exclaimed Madeline) would you try to make me disbelieve my senses?"