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216 THE COURT OF LONDON as two of the Misses Owen, had saluted the patient as ‘dearest and beloved princess.’’ He likewise added how, on issuing forth again, he had been left in the garden by Mrs. Ranger, and how he had heard the tread of footsteps, the sounds of voices, and the galloping off of a post-chaise, which, filling him with terror, made him scale the wall and speed baek to his own house. “Then I am to understand, Doctor Maravelli,’”’ said Jocelyn, “that you raised the bandage and took a peep about the room to which you were so mysteriously intro- duced? ”’ “Tt is as you say,’ answered the physician. ‘‘ Human nature could not have remained prooi against such a temptation to gratify one’s curiosity under such peculiar circumstances. ’’ ‘But you did not all along obtain the slightest glimpse of the countenance of the lady occupying the bed, your patient, in a word? ”’ ‘No, I beheld not her countenance,” was the reply. ‘“ But you are sure that the two young ladies who entered and saluted her as the princess were two of the Misses Owen? ”’ 3 ‘Yes, I am certain of it. From beneath the bandage I observed them sufficiently to know them again, and since then I have seen them walking upon the banks of the lake in attendance upon the princess. I have even had the curlosity to ascertain their Christian names, and found that they were Miss Emma and Miss Julia.” “Well, and you also discovered that the female who managed all this mysterious business was a certain Mrs. ~~ Ranger? ”’ ‘“ Yes,’’ returned Maravelli. ‘‘ Her also did I observe in the room, and if you see her once it would be impossible not to know her again.’ ‘One question more,” said Jocelyn. ‘“ After all the pre- cautions which were fake, or seemed to be taken, to pre- vent you from ascertaining that it was the princess’s villa, you were nevertheless suffered, when issuing forth again, | to quit the garden by yourself? In plain terms, Mrs. Ranger left you, on the plea of looking after another woman to | whom she had entrusted the dead child, and thus you were . left alone to discover where it was you really were? ” 3 Gomichbooks. Go