The Price He Paid — page 294: what you’re looking at

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THE DUEL. . 285 then ! The governor had actually tendered his resig- nation ! Meanwile Raven walked with slow steps through the castle-garden. He had not been able to resist the desire he felt to enter it once again, and the visit involved little ornodelay. A small door in the wall gave direct communication with the castle- ie a footpath leading down thence toward the own. At the Nixies’ Well the baron lingered a few minutes. What had become of the bright moonlit Eden of yesterday evening? All was now closely wrapped in the morning mist. The grass, slightly frosted over, glistened white with rime. The mighty limes, with their sparse foliage, loomed, weird and dark, through the screen of vapor, and the drooping branches strewed the ground with their wet and faded leaves. Raven drew his cloak more closely about him; the morning wind pierced with an icy chill. He turned to the parapet whence the broad prospect could generally best be seen. , One last look up at the castle—but a fleeting glance, for Gabrielle’s room was on the other side of the building, and her windows could not be seen from hence—then Raven opened the small door in the garden-wall and stepped out into the open country. He arrived at the foot of the hill just as the carriage reached that spot.. A minute later he was seated at Colonel Wilten’s side, and soon the town and castle lay far behind them. | Swiftly they traveled on, past the streaming meadows, by the bank of the brawling, fast-flowing river, onward toward the mountains. In half an hour the goal was reached; they arrived at the skirt of the forests which covered the hill-sides. Here the baron and his companion alighted, and pursued their way on foot to the appointed place of meeting. The adversary’s party was already on the ground. It consisted of Dr. Brunnow, his second, and his son, who, it had been agreed, was to ren- der any medical assistance which might be re- quired. A silent greeting was exchanged, a short Eomicbooks (E(0)