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Escape

           "Andshallwearrivethere?"

           "Safeandsound,astrueasmyname’sJackButler."

           "Well,"saidMilady,"ifyoukeepyourword,insteadoffivehundred,Iwillgiveyouathousandpistoles."

           "Hurrahforyou,then,mybeautifullady,"criedthecaptain;"andmayGodoftensendmesuchpassengersasyourLadyship!"

           "Meanwhile,"saidFelton,"conveymetothelittlebayof—;youknowitwasagreedyoushouldputinthere."

           Thecaptainrepliedbyorderingthenecessarymaneuvers,andtowardseveno’clockinthemorningthelittlevesselcastanchorinthebaythathadbeennamed.

           Duringthispassage,FeltonrelatedeverythingtoMiladyhow,insteadofgoingtoLondon,hehadcharteredthelittlevessel;howhehadreturned;howhehadscaledthewallbyfasteningcrampsintheintersticesofthestones,asheascended,togivehimfoothold;andhow,whenhehadreachedthebars,hefastenedhisladder.Miladyknewtherest.

           Onherside,MiladytriedtoencourageFeltoninhisproject;butatthefirstwordswhichissuedfromhermouth,sheplainlysawthattheyoungfanaticstoodmoreinneedofbeingmoderatedthanurged.

           ItwasagreedthatMiladyshouldwaitforFeltontillteno’clock;ifhedidnotreturnbyteno’clockshewastosail.

           Inthatcase,andsupposinghewasatliberty,hewastorejoinherinFrance,attheconventoftheCarmelitesatBethune.

           

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