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           EvenAthoslookedathimwithasmuchstupefactionastheothers,forheknewnothowhecouldinanywayfindhimselfmixedupwiththehorribledramathenunfolded.

           AfterapproachingMiladywithaslowandsolemnstep,sothatthetablealoneseparatedthem,theunknowntookoffhismask.

           Miladyforsometimeexaminedwithincreasingterrorthatpaleface,framedwithblackhairandwhiskers,theonlyexpressionofwhichwasicyimpassibility.Thenshesuddenlycried,"Oh,no,no!"risingandretreatingtotheverywall."No,no!itisaninfernalapparition!Itisnothe!Help,help!"screamedshe,turningtowardsthewall,asifshewouldtearanopeningwithherhands.

           "Whoareyou,then?"criedallthewitnessesofthisscene.

           "Askthatwoman,"saidthemanintheredcloak,"foryoumayplainlyseesheknowsme!"

           "TheexecutionerofLille,theexecutionerofLille!"criedMilady,apreytoinsensateterror,andclingingwithherhandstothewalltoavoidfalling.

           Everyonedrewback,andthemanintheredcloakremainedstandingaloneinthemiddleoftheroom.

           "Oh,grace,grace,pardon!"criedthewretch,fallingonherknees.

           Theunknownwaitedforsilence,andthenresumed,"Itoldyouwellthatshewouldknowme.Yes,IamtheexecutionerofLille,andthisismyhistory."

           Alleyeswerefixeduponthisman,whosewordswerelistenedtowithanxiousattention.

           "Thatwomanwasonceayounggirl,asbeautifulassheistoday.ShewasanunintheconventoftheBenedictinesofTemplemar.

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