Sir Norman shuddered.

"Heaven forefend she should be there! It is the most mysterious
thing ever I heard of!"

"What do you think now of La Masque's prediction - dare you doubt
still?"

"Ormiston, I don't know what to think. It is the same face I
saw, and yet - "

"Well - and yet - "

"I can't tell you - I am fairly bewildered. If we don't find the
lady st her own house, I have half a mind to apply to your
friend, La Masque, again."

"The wisest thing you could do, my dear fellow. If any one knows
your unfortunate beloved's whereabouts, it is La Masque, depend
upon it."

"That's settled then; and now, don't talk, for conversation at
this smart pace I don't admire."

Ormiston, like the amiable, obedient young man that he was,
instantly held his tongue, and they strode along at a breathless
pace. There was an unusual concourse of men abroad that night,
watching the gloomy face of the sky, and waiting the hour of
midnight to kindle the myriad of fires; and as the two tall, dark
figures went rapidly by, all supposed it to be a case of life or