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           "Canyounottellmehisname?"

           Atthemomentagreatjinglingofspurswasheardonthestairs.Somevoicespassedandfadedaway,andthesoundofasinglefootstepapproachedthedoor.

           "Thatpersonishere,madame,"saidtheofficer,leavingtheentranceopen,anddrawinghimselfupinanattitudeofrespect.

           Atthesametimethedooropened;amanappearedonthethreshold.Hewaswithoutahat,carriedasword,andflourishedahandkerchiefinhishand.

           Miladythoughtsherecognizedthisshadowinthegloom;shesupportedherselfwithonehanduponthearmofthechair,andadvancedherheadasiftomeetacertainty.

           Thestrangeradvancedslowly,andasheadvanced,afterenteringintothecircleoflightprojectedbythelamp,Miladyinvoluntarilydrewback.

           Thenwhenshehadnolongeranydoubt,shecried,inastateofstupor,"What,mybrother,isityou?"

           "Yes,fairlady!"repliedLorddeWinter,makingabow,halfcourteous,halfironical;"itisI,myself."

           "Butthiscastle,then?"

           "Ismine."

           "Thischamber?"

           "Isyours."

           "Iam,then,yourprisoner?"

           "Nearlyso."

           "Butthisisafrightfulabuseofpower!"

           "Nohigh-soundingwords!Letussitdownandchatquietly,asbrotherandsisteroughttodo."

           Then,turningtowardthedoor,andseeingthattheyoungofficerwaswaitingforhislastorders,hesaid."Alliswell,Ithankyou;nowleaveusalone,Mr.Felton."

           

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