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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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CHAPTER XIV.<br />

THE HAWR AXD THE DOVE.<br />

Ardoixe was still at Yillar with Iol<strong>an</strong>de,<br />

B^aynalcl, <strong>an</strong>d several o<strong>the</strong>r members <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> family, who delayed <strong>the</strong>ir departure to<br />

Angrogna or Eora, expecting <strong>the</strong> return <strong>of</strong><br />

Marguerite <strong>an</strong>d Madeleine from <strong>the</strong>ir mis-<br />

sion to La Tour.<br />

Ardoine <strong>an</strong>xiously awaited her next<br />

meeting with E chard. At its prospect her<br />

heart fluttered with undefined sensations,<br />

which seemed to hover between <strong>the</strong> limits<br />

<strong>of</strong> pain <strong>an</strong>d pleasure, <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> pulse <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

maiden quickened as she in imagination<br />

touched his h<strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong>d heard liim pronounce<br />

her name. But in addition to this she<br />

vol. n. m

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