The Bronze Statue, or, The Virgin's Kiss — page 196: what you’re looking at

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Fore, * > A 194 THE BRONZE STATUE. such a council may be yet held by us) his guard as to the possibility of his be- within a few days, and at Altendorf | ing overheard, she had caught the whis- Castle, which must become the head- pered command ; and from everything quarters of any operations that we may which had previously been said, she be enabled to undertake for the Ssup- | telt convinced in a moment that it was pression of the Taborite dominion,— | none other than Sir Ernest de Colmar ™hat is to say.’ added the Carthusian, | who was to be arrested. Not an in- glancing uneasily towards the clepsydra, | stant did she hesitate how to act: There (if this conference between the baron-| was but one door to the apartment; ess and Sir Ernest de Colmar should and, when entering the room, she had lead to any results beneficial to our observed that the means of fastening cause.’ * |that door were not wanting on the out- ‘And yet your looks are anxious and | side. | unsettled, holy father ?’ said the Baron| Her escape from the apartment was of Altendorf. accordingly effected with the prompti- At this moment the door was thrown | tude we have noticed, and her hand open, and two domestics, each bearing | drew the bolt which barred the egress @ massive silver tray laden with cold. of those within. She had no time to viands and flagons of generous liquor, | give the slightest intimation of her ob- entered the apartment. ‘The reply ‘ject to the Count de Rosenberg ; and which the Carthusian was about to|she was therefore compelled to make give the baron, was therefore checked | him a prisoner along with the rest. by the presence of the menials; and} On finding herself in the passage, once more, glancing uneasily towards | she darted a rapid glance up and down, the water-clock, Father Cyprian saw | and she caught a glimpse of the retreat- that it was close upon the half hour. ing figure of that domestic who had re- The three noblemen advanced to the ‘ceived the Carthusian’s whispered Or— table on which the refreshments were | der, just at the moment that the man spread; and the priest, unable to delay | entered a room farther along the corri- any longer the promised succor to the | dor. She advanced in the same direc- baroness, seized oue of the domestics | tion, the thick carpet rendering her by the arm as the man was about to quit | steel-bound feet noiseless as they paced the room, and said, ‘Order the armed onwards. A deor opened—it was that servitors to repair this instant to the | of the room which the servant had en- Gallery of Porcelain Vases, and arrest | tered; and Angela stood aside, conceal- the stranger whom they shall find there | ing herself behind a marble pillar. with her ladyship.’ Scarcely had she taken her position This command was issued in a low,| there, when she beheld three armed hurried, but impressive whisper; and|men, wearing half-masks upon their the domestic to whom it was given | countenances, and accompanied by the, bowed and retired. The Carthusian| domestic, cross the passage and burst then hastened to join the three nobles | into the Gallery of Porcelain Vases, the at the table; and at the same moment gilded portal of which faced the room Angela abruptly quitted tbe room. whence they hademerged. ‘That mas- ‘Ah! whither has our youthful friend | sive door clanged behind the bravos; gone 2’ exclaimed Father Cyprian, | but Angela, instantly closing her vizor springing towards the door; for, like a|and drawing her sword, hastened thi- flash of lightning, did it strike him that | ther. she was standing just near enough at; ‘Thus no sooner had the portal shut the time to catch the words which he | behindthe armed servitors of the Bronze had whispered in the ear of the domes- | Statue, when it was burst open again, tic, and a presentiment of some ulteri- | and Angela, rushed ifto the Gallery of or aim on her part sprang up in his} Porcelain Vases, as already described soul. | at the end of the preceding cuapter. He darted towards the door, we say, but that presentiment was instantly | confirmed ; for Angela had fastened the gilded portal outside ! ‘The truth was just as he had sus- pected. While still affecting to be in- tent on contemplating the picture, and jn an absorption of manner so well as-| THe position of affairs, at the mo- sumed as utterly to throw the priest off! ment when the forest maiden, clad in _ — CHAPTER XLIX. rE CONFLICTS. ad comicbooks.com 4