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 in order to take you directly from it; an intention which the rogues have disappointed."

"The horses will betray us," said Madeline in an agony.

"Aye, so I fear, (cried Lubin) it was devilish unlucky my fastening them to the gate."

"Hark! (exclaimed Madeline) do you not hear a noise?"

Both were instantly silent, and then clearly heard a violent shouting in the outer court. The dreadful fears it excited were soon however a little appeased by its growing fainter, as if the persons it came from had moved to a greater distance.

"I think, (cried Lubin, after the silence of a few minutes, and gasping for the breath he had before suppressed) I think I will now have another peep to try whether or not the coast is clear."