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 the sound of which was prolonged without being repeated.

The astonishment of the friends equalled the terror of the King of Navarre. After the sound of the bell had sunk away to a great distance, the lady went up to them, and loosing their helmets, bade them look at their visors; and they saw that they were double, and that, when they thought to have raised them entirely, they only discovered the inner part, which represented, in a most astonishing manner, a perfect resemblance of the Constable la Cerda and the Count D'Harcourt.

The lady bade the two friends take off their armour, and leave them at the foot of the altar; and begged of them never to betray the confidence she had placed in them, until she explained to them the causes of it, and the object she had in view. As the lady departed, the Negress entered with a lantern in her hand, and bade them follow her. Having made them pass through a door which the throne had hid from their sight, they found themselves, after going a few steps, at the end of the wall, where the little door was by which they had entered into this strange habitation. The same carriage was waiting, which soon conveyed them to the arch-way of the Palace des Tournelles. On leaving the carriage they returned to their hotel.

A few days after, the President de Montcal entered the Count de Nevers’ apartment, and informed him, that he wished the Count would accompany him to the hotel of the Countess de Dammartin; to which with reluctance he consented. On their arrival at the hotel, they found the Countess de Dammartin alone, who received them with politeness. The door of the saloon soon opened, and presented to his enraptured sight a beautiful and noble lady, whom the Countess introduced to