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           "ButIamnotaforeigner,sir,"saidshe,withanaccentaspureaseverwasheardbetweenPortsmouthandManchester;"mynameisLadyClarik,andthismeasure"

           "Thismeasureisgeneral,madame;andyouwillseekinvaintoevadeit."

           "Iwillfollowyou,then,sir."

           Acceptingthehandoftheofficer,shebeganthedescentoftheladder,atthefootofwhichtheboatwaited.Theofficerfollowedher.Alargecloakwasspreadatthestern;theofficerrequestedhertositdownuponthiscloak,andplacedhimselfbesideher.

           "Row!"saidhetothesailors.

           Theeightoarsfellatonceintothesea,makingbutasinglesound,givingbutasinglestroke,andtheboatseemedtoflyoverthesurfaceofthewater.

           Infiveminutestheygainedtheland.

           Theofficerleapedtothepier,andofferedhishandtoMilady.Acarriagewasinwaiting.

           "Isthiscarriageforus?"askedMilady.

           "Yes,madame,"repliedtheofficer.

           "Thehotel,then,isfaraway?"

           "Attheotherendofthetown."

           "Verywell,"saidMilady;andsheresolutelyenteredthecarriage.

           Theofficersawthatthebaggagewasfastenedcarefullybehindthecarriage;andthisoperationended,hetookhisplacebesideMilady,andshutthedoor.

           Immediately,withoutanyorderbeinggivenorhisplaceofdestinationindicated,thecoachmansetoffatarapidpace,andplungedintothestreetsofthecity.

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