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THE BRONZE STATUE. 230 from my shoulders,’ said the venerable | whose bosom a profound sigh had es- functionary ; ‘and I bow with submis- | caped, when she witnessed the emotion sion and respect to that secret influence | he had experienced at the mention of which is paramount. Officer,command|the Daughter of Satan’s name, and of your men to retire.’ her visit to the inn,—the gentle Angela, ‘Your worship’s commands shall be| we say, contemplated the knight with obeyed,’ returned the Taborite lieuten- | profound and mournful interest from ant ; and he quitted the apartment. behind the bars of her steel burgonet. ‘T have now to request,’ said the ma-| Suddenly the door was thrown open, gistrate. glancing first at Angela, and/| and the magistrate made his appearance -then fixing his eyes upon De Colmar, | in a state of alarming excitement, and ‘that you willresume your journey as/| leading in Beatrice and Linda, each of speedily as possible ; for I do not feel| whom he grasped tightly by the wrist. that justice can take its proper course, | sut upon the countenance of the nor flow in its usual channel, so long as | handmaidens there was an expression it is subjected to such an influence as|of ineffable triumph mingled with joy ; that, which even the mighty Zitzka will | and it was evident that they cared little himself deplore, and which he assured- | or nothing for any peril which might ly never could have foreseen.’ seem to menace themselves. De Colmar was about to make some ‘+ What, in heaven’s name, is the mat- reply, when the Taborite officer return- | ter ?’ demanded the Taborite officer, im- ed to the room. patiently. ‘May it please your worship,’ he| ‘* Our prisoner—the Lady Gloria—has said, addressing himself to the magis-| fled!’ exclaimed the magistrate, ina tone trate, ‘1 have just heard from one of| of wrathful excitement; ‘ the murder- my men that the Lady Satanais has | ess has escaped ”’ visited her sister and has taken her de- parture ; and we may therefore now proceed to the removal of our prisoner.’ ‘Yes, there is no longer any cause for delay,’ responded the venerable functionary. ‘The Lady Satanais ! ejaculated De Colmar, now recovering from the stu- por of ineffable wonderment into which he was at first thrown by the intelli- gence that the Daughter of Satan had | from the lips of the ‘T'aborite officer and visited the inn. ‘Is it possible that she | Angela Wildon ; and the sensation thus has been here ?’ | produced by the intelligence of Gloria’s ‘Not ten minutes have elapsed since | flight prevented any one from observing she took her departure,’ replied the of- that Sir Krnest de Colmar had not ma- ficer. nifested a kindred feeling of surprise ; ‘T must see the Lady Gloria—I must | for, as the reader cannot fail to,bear in see her alone for a few moments!’ ex-| mind, the knight was in a measure pre- claimed De Colmar. ‘But it will be| pared for some such announcement as only consistent with propriety if your | that which had just been made. worship would request her to grant me | The magistrate, forcing Linda and an interview, which, under present cir- | Beatrice into the room, closed the door, cumstances, may prove painful to her.’ exclaiming, ‘ This affair must be inves- | | a —— — CHAPTER LX. LINDA AND BEATRICE.—THE JOURNEY CONTINUED. KxyACULATIONS of astonishment burst — ee — ‘T will repair at once to the prisoner's | tigated to the very bottom, and those chamber,’ said the magistrate/ ‘and as-| who have assisted the guilty woman in certain whether she will see you for a| evading the grasp of justice, shall assu- few minutes, previous to her departure | redly meet with condign punishment.’ hence.’ | ‘But has your worship adopted any And the old man quitted the room, | measures to recapture the fugitive? in- the officer remaining till his return, in| quired the T'aborite lieutenant. order to see whether any farther delay ‘No, forsooith!’ ejaculated the old was to take place ere the removal of the | functionary. ‘'Thesudden discovery of Lady Glory to the prison of the adja-| the prisoner’s flight so bewildered all cent market-town. my ideas that [ thought not of sucha During the temporary absence of the | proceeding.’ magistrate, Sir Ernest de Colmar fell} ‘I will, then, at once despatch my into a deep reverie; and Angela, from! troopers in all directions,’ said the of- comicbooks.com