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 Mr. Landlord, when the gentlewoman in this room has occasion to consult you, she speaks English, and can call you herself."

He would then have led the way to a general retreat, but Mrs. Maple angrily desired the landlord to take notice, that a foreigner, of a suspicious character, had come over with them by force, whom he ought to keep in custody, unless she would tell her name and business.

The door of the apartment was now abruptly opened by the stranger, who called out, "O no! no! no!&mdash;Ladies!&mdash;Gentlemen!&mdash;I claim your protection!"

"It is your's, Madam!" cried Harleigh, with emotion.

"Be sure of it, Gentlewoman!" cried the old officer; "We did not bring you from one bad shore to another. We'll take care of you. Be sure of it!"

The stranger wept. "I thought not," she cried, "to have shed a tear in