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

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THE TEYSTIXG PLACE. 199<br />

Echard here, <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> sword was your<br />

signal; so you see that he has fully ex-<br />

plained all your arr<strong>an</strong>gements."<br />

Ardoine, however, did not succumb<br />

without a struggle. She screamed for<br />

help, but <strong>the</strong> rude gusts <strong>of</strong> wind were<br />

nature's only <strong>an</strong>swer to her supplications.<br />

At length her strength beg<strong>an</strong> to fail, <strong>an</strong>d<br />

her voice grew fainter.<br />

Throwing down <strong>the</strong> sword <strong>the</strong> Abbot<br />

grasped Ardoine with both his arms, <strong>an</strong>d<br />

summoning one <strong>of</strong> his mercenaries to<br />

his assist<strong>an</strong>ce, secured her beyond <strong>the</strong><br />

possibility <strong>of</strong> escape. <strong>The</strong> darkness fa-<br />

voured his return to La Tour. Tr<strong>an</strong>sporting<br />

his prisoner thi<strong>the</strong>r he secreted her in a<br />

dungeon, until circumst<strong>an</strong>ces might enable<br />

him to prosecute his pl<strong>an</strong>s.

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