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108 Ashton's daughter?—Young man, he who aims at revenge by dishonourable means"—

"Be silent, woman!" said Ravenswood sternly; "is it the devil that prompts your voice?—Know that this young lady has not on earth a friend, who would venture farther to save her from injury or from insult."

"And is it even so?" said the old woman, in an altered but melancholy tone—"then God help you both!"

"Amen! Alice," said Lucy, who had not comprehended the import of what the blind woman had hinted, "and send you your senses, Alice, and your good-humour. If you hold this mysterious language instead of welcoming your friends, they will think of you as other people do."

"And how do other people think?" said Ravenswood, for he also began to think the old woman spoke with incoherence.

"They think," said Henry Ashton, who came up at that moment, and whispered