Laura Brayton — page 40: what you’re looking at

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LAURA BRAYTON. ol “Of course not, madam. He never consults any- body’s wishes but his own. In this case he does not consult the desires of sage party, but has some devilish plot of his own to carry out.” “Which we will foil, allin good time. And now, my friend, to aid us in our good work and you par- ticularly, you must know the secrets of the house in which he lives. Built just before the Revolution, when the patriot builder knew such things might be useful, it contains several secret means of ingress and egress—secret passages and vaults, and two small rooms—which no one at present living in it, probably, knows of. Take this diagram of the house to your room and carefully study it. When you have got the plan fully in your mind, it will be easy for you to go in and come-out when you please. This will be necessary, not only to thwart him in his evil designs, but also in my design of fearfully punishing him for my years of suffering and agony. Take it now and seeif you can under- stand it. Then visit the house, and if you find cer- tain articles of furniture which are here described in the hidden rooms, I will know that no one living besides myself has been there for years or knows the secret. Then I can safely go there, where I can be ever near to aid her in the hour of trouble when it comes.” The man bowed, and taking up the drawing, left the room. “The monster will soon be at bay,” the lady mur- Gomicbooks (Efe)