The Bronze Statue, or, The Virgin's Kiss — page 240: what you’re looking at

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At the same The necessary arrangements for the time, the magistrate did not choose to murdered youth’s funeral were accord- suffer the uninitiated to perceive how or ingly made with the landlord ; and at by whom he was thus driven to the about two o’clock in the afternoon the adoption of a course so opposite to the! travellers, consisting of the knight, An- ove which he had previously seemed geia, the damsels, and the two grooms, determived to pursue; and therefore, | recommevced their journey along the assuming all the air of a man who is great southern road leading direct for acting solely in obedience to his own | the Bohemian frontier and towards the impulses, he said, ‘Young damsels, Duchy of Austria. | Sir Ernest de Colmar shall not prove; At nine o'clock in the himself the only individual present who | party halted at another w compassionates the position in which| and having partaken of r you have placed yourselves. lt would | the travellers r sorely grieve me to doom such artless chambers, and inexperienced maidens to the con- early to resume their journey. tamination of a gaol; and I, therefore, | Sleep did not, however, readily visit release you from custody on the pay- | the eyes of Sir Ernest de Colmar, al- ment of one ounce of gold as a fine to| though he was wel] wearied both in the established Government of Bohe- | body and mind. The recent adventures mia.’ "8 with Gloria haunted him like a band of ‘The decision of your worship com-| evil spirits; and again and again did he mands alike admiration and gratitude,’ | deplore the destiny which had to such said De Colmar; and throwing down a/ anextentlinked certain circumstances of quantity of gold pieces upon the table, | his life with those of her own romantic he exclaimed,—+ Behold double the/ and spell-bound existence. amount of the sum wherein these maj- | But as he lay in his sleepless couch dens are muleted; and the surplussage | reviewing all the incidents of the last your worship can devote to some chari-| our and twenty hours, he could not table purpose.’ help dwelling with sentiments of min. Linda and Beatrice both expressed | gled amazement and Suspicion upon their thanks to the venerable function-| certain facts which were how upper- ary for his lenient decision ; and their} most in his memory. heartfelt gratitude was then poured; For when Satanais had penetrated forth to Sir Ernest de Colmar for the|into his bed-chamber at the Golden generous interference he had exercised Falcon, on the memorable night of his in their behalf. duel with the sable foeman of the The magistrate, the Taborite officer, | heath, she had declared that she was the sentinels, the landlord, and the laud- about to proceed to her own far-off lady now withdrew; and Sir Ernest de!| clime and that she had come to bid him Colmar, Angela Wildon, and the two; farewell for ever! And yet she had handmuaidens remained together in the} this day re-appeared at a place only’ parlor of the hostel. twelve hours’ distance from the Bohe- ‘Whither are you going, young] miancapital. This was strange, unac- damsels ? and what course have ye}countable! Then again, Gloria “had been instructed by your mistress to pur-| assured him during their ride on the sue 2?’ asked the Knight. | previous day that she had received no ‘ We have to entreat a continuation | intelligence of Satanais since the de-. of your excellency’s protection and es- parture of the latter from Prague a cort, precisely the same as if our mijs- week previously; and notwithstanding; tress were still with us,’ was the an-| this averment, it was clear that the sis- swer given by Linda: ‘and we have|ters must have communicated, since: been assured that within twenty-four | they had made an appointment to meet’ hours at the outside, not only shall we|at a particular spot and at a given time?) receive farther instructions, but that! But perhaps, thought Sir Ernest de f 2 evening, the ay-side inn: etreshments, etired to their respective with the intention of rising 9 ——— comicbooks.com