"Don't let him take you," she said; "you will not find it amusing.

It is a musty old house, like any other." "It is full of curious things," said the count, resisting.

"Besides, I want to do it; it is a rare chance." "You are very wicked, brother," Madame de Cintre answered.
"Nothing venture, nothing have!" cried the young man.

"Will you come ?" Madame de Cintre stepped toward Newman, gently clasping her hands and smiling softly.

"Would you not prefer my society, here, by my fire, to stumbling about dark passages after my brother ?" "A hundred times!" said Newman.