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 a shy glance of inquiry on the stranger; and was cast again to the ground. The words dicddied [sic] away; but there was a sweet smile playing abontabout [sic] her lips, and a soft dimpling of the cheek that showed her glance had not been unsatisfactory. It was impossible for a girl of the fond age of eighteen, highly predisposed for love and matrimony, not to be pleased with so gallant a cavalier.

The late hour at which the guest had arrived left no time for parley. The baron was peremptory, and deferred all particular conversation until the morning, and lcdled [sic] the way to the untasted banquct.

It was served up in the great hall of the castle. Around the walls hung the hard-favoured portraits of the hcroesheroes [sic] of the house of Katzenellenbogen, and the trophies which they had gained in the field and in the chase. Hacked corslets, splintered jousting spears, and tattcredtattered [sic] banners, were mingled with the spoils of sylvan warfare; the jaws of the wolf, and thothe [sic] tnskstusks [sic] of the boar, grinned horribly among crossbows and battle-axes, and a huge pair of antlers branchcdbranched [sic] immediately ovcrover [sic] the head of the youthful bridegroom.

The cavalier took but little notice of the company, or thcthe [sic] entcrtainmententertainment [sic]. He scarcely tasted the banquet, but scemedseemed [sic] absorbed in admiration of his bride. He conversed in a low tone that could not be overheard—for the language of love is never loud; but where is thcthe [sic] female ear so dull that it cannot catch the softcstsoftest [sic] whisper of the lover? There was a mingled tenderness and gravity in his manner, that appearcdappeared [sic] to have a powerful effect upon the yonngyoung [sic] lady. HcrHer [sic] colour came and went as she listened with deep attention. Now and then she made some blushing reply, and when his eye was turned away, shoshe [sic] would steal a sidclongsidelong [sic] glance at his romantic countenance, and heave a gcntlegentle [sic] sigh of tcndertender [sic] happiness. It was evident that the young couple were completely