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 fered, advising my fellow adventurers to let him depart in peace.

"Upon the whole," added I, "it matters not how we have been deceived, our friend, the Austrian has set us an example, how one ought to behave on such an occasion: Let us, like him, forgive the wretch, he is below our resentment."

These words produced the desired effect on the minds of my fellow adventurers, who were stung with shame and remorse, but none of them more than Lieutenant N: He blushed at his idle fears and his credulity, leaving the room abruptly, accompanied by his friends and the landlord.

Being now left alone with the Necromancer, I flattered myself to succeed better than my companions, and to get informed of what I so eagerly wanted to know; but I was mistaken, his stubborn reserve baffled all my solicitations.