Thrice Wedded, but Only Once a Wife — page 150: what you’re looking at

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THRICE WEDDED. Seats answered my question; you have not told me where I am.” She tapped her foot impatiently, while she went on: “Tt is all very nice to have these beautiful things at my command. But I want to know whose hospitality Iam en- joying, all unasked. We were not in this place last nights Whose residence is this?” There was no retreat. The little maiden’s tone was very imperative, and there was an indignant sparkle in her blue eyes. ‘“‘You are in the palace of his lordship, the Baron Wei- chel,” answered Nina, dropping her eyes, while a guilty flush mounted to her brow, beneath the penetrating gaze of Miss Dupont. “But how came we here?” interrupted Madame Alroyd, with a sharp glance at her, as she noted her evident confu- sion. “You were brought here by the baron’s own orders, madam.” ‘‘And what authority has he to order us here, I should like to know?” said the old lady, indignantly. ‘‘And an- other thing I want to have you explain to me; and that is, how were we brought here during the night without our knowledge?” ‘‘His lordship arranged all that,” said Nina. ‘“Well, then, I must say that his lordship is no gentle- man, to allow people to enter a room and remove its sleep- ing occupants,” returned madam, with a good deal of as- perity. | ‘‘No one entered your room to remove you, madam—— ‘‘No one entered our room!” repeated the now angry woman, with hands upraised iu absolute astonishment. ‘‘Do you suppose you can make me believe such an unlikely story as that?” ‘‘No, madam, unless you choose,” was the humble reply. ““T am all out of patience with you. Do, Dora, try and make her explain this mystery,” urged Madame Alroyd, with a look of perplexity upon her face. And Dora, with a charming expression of good nature, which won the servant’s heart at once, went up to her and said, sweetly: ‘Now, Nina, please to dress my hair; and, in the mean- time, tell us all you know about this singular transporta- 33 - = comicbooks.co