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

40 THE SIX SISTEES OF THE VALLEYS.
"Yes, Arcloine—call me Ardoine, for
the circumstances under which we have
met have made us friends, notwithstanding
the difference of our stations, and I fear of
our creeds. You said that you sought me
with words of warning.'
"It is so. In speaking to you thus I
am risking my prospects, and indeed my
life; were I betrayed I should be ruined.
" God can protect you ; He will not
forget your generous succour to a helpless
orphan."
"Ardoine, my position has placed me
behind the scenes. The Marquis has been
deluding your deputies at Turin. They
have only been referred from one Council to
another, so as to blind them and to gain
time. Your grievances have never been
laid before the Duke."
" Oh! and my dear uncle Janavel, I
fear he is there, and perhaps my cousin
Eaynald."
"Ah, Eaynald ! Is he your cousin, the
"