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oe + 30 _" DECIDING HER FATE. died from the skies, the last sound of laborers going home had died away. ‘©T could walk more quickly than this, Lord Carsdale !” cried Alice, in a sudden passion of grief. ‘«Patience,” he said, gently; ‘‘there is the spire of Ladywell church. Do not tremble, Alice; you will be in time. We must not drive through the streets—the sound would attract so much attention; we will walk.” And, when they reached the entrance of the town, he stopped the carriage, paid the driver amply, and sent him back to Fernbay; then they walked quickly up the street together. CHAPTER IV. DECIDING HER FATE, Doctor Wallis had chosen for his habitation a tall, square house, standing just at the entrance of Ladywell. It was all gloom and darkness as the two stood before it. There was not the faintest glimmer of light either from window or door; it was all dark and silent. As they stood there, from the church tower near them the hour of eleven rang out—slow, solemn strokes, each one a death-knell to Alice. : _ Eleven,” she said, in a low voice. ‘‘Is it really eleven o'clock, Lord Carsdale?” ‘Tam afraid so. Jam very sorry; I have never been so sorry for anything before.” ‘«'They are all gone to bed there,” she said; ‘‘and if I 7 GEomicbooks (E(0)