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Captivity: The Third Day

           ShethoughtthatLorddeWinterwouldperhapssendFeltonhimselftogettheordersignedbytheDukeofBuckingham.InthatcaseFeltonwouldescapeher—forinordertosecuresuccess,themagicofacontinuousseductionwasnecessary.Nevertheless,aswehavesaid,onecircumstancereassuredher.Feltonhadnotspoken.

           AsshewouldnotappeartobeagitatedbythethreatsofLorddeWinter,sheplacedherselfatthetableandate.

           Then,asshehaddonetheeveningbefore,shefellonherkneesandrepeatedherprayersaloud.Asontheeveningbefore,thesoldierstoppedhismarchtolistentoher.

           Soonaftersheheardlighterstepsthanthoseofthesentinel,whichcamefromtheendofthecorridorandstoppedbeforeherdoor.

           "Itishe,"saidshe.AndshebeganthesamereligiouschantwhichhadsostronglyexcitedFeltontheeveningbefore.

           Butalthoughhervoice—sweet,full,andsonorous—vibratedasharmoniouslyandasaffectinglyasever,thedoorremainedshut.ItappearedhowevertoMiladythatinoneofthefurtiveglancesshedartedfromtimetotimeatthegratingofthedoorshethoughtshesawtheardenteyesoftheyoungmanthroughthenarrowopening.Butwhetherthiswasrealityorvision,hehadthistimesufficientself-commandnottoenter.

           However,afewinstantsaftershehadfinishedherreligioussong,Miladythoughtsheheardaprofoundsigh.Thenthesamestepsshehadheardapproachslowlywithdrew,asifwithregret.

           

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