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The Man in the Red Cloak

           Astothepoisoner,theyhadheardnotidingsofherwhatever,onlythatshemusthavemadeherescapethroughthegarden,onthesandofwhichherfootstepscouldbetraced,andthedoorofwhichhadbeenfoundshut.Astothekey,ithaddisappeared.

           Atthehourappointed,LorddeWinterandthefourfriendsrepairedtotheconvent;thebellstolled,thechapelwasopen,thegratingofthechoirwasclosed.Inthemiddleofthechoirthebodyofthevictim,clothedinhernovitiatedress,wasexposed.OneachsideofthechoirandbehindthegratingsopeningintotheconventwasassembledthewholecommunityoftheCarmelites,wholistenedtothedivineservice,andmingledtheirchantwiththechantofthepriests,withoutseeingtheprofane,orbeingseenbythem.

           Atthedoorofthechapeld’Artagnanfelthiscouragefallanew,andreturnedtolookforAthos;butAthoshaddisappeared.

           Faithfultohismissionofvengeance,Athoshadrequestedtobeconductedtothegarden;andthereuponthesandfollowingthelightstepsofthiswoman,wholeftsharptrackswherevershewent,headvancedtowardthegatewhichledintothewood,andcausingittobeopened,hewentoutintotheforest.

           Thenallhissuspicionswereconfirmed;theroadbywhichthecarriagehaddisappearedencircledtheforest.Athosfollowedtheroadforsometime,hiseyesfixedupontheground;slightstainsofblood,whichcamefromthewoundinflicteduponthemanwhoaccompaniedthecarriageasacourier,orfromoneofthehorses,dottedtheroad.

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