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 her fears to her protector, who immediately dipatched two of his huntmen to eek the pair of overthrown comrades, and give them proper aitance. In a hort time the coach rolled under the duky arch of a catle-gate into a pacious court, and topped before a tately manion that was illuminated throughout. The cavalier politely offered the Countes his arm, and led her into the drawing-room, where he introduced her to a numerous company. The young ladies were much ditreed at the idea of appearing among uch a plendid circle in their travelling dres.

After the firt mutual tetimonies of politenes, the company fell into a number of little groupes, ome itting down to play, and others amuing themelves with converation. The adventure was warmly dicued, and, as generally happens in the relation of pat dangers, it was wrought up into a little epic, in which mama would willingly have aigned to herelf the character of heroine, if he could have reaoned away