He extended his hand to the corporal, and, in a voice trembling with emotion, he said: "You are a brave man!" A few moments later, Maurice, the abbe, and Mme.

d'Escorval were again assembled in the drawing-room, deliberating upon the measures which must be taken, when Marie-Anne appeared.
She was still frightfully pale; but her step was firm, her manner quiet and composed.
"I must leave this house," she said to the baroness.

"Had I been conscious, I would never have accepted hospitality which is likely to bring dire misfortune on your family.

Alas! your acquaintance with me has cost you too many tears and too much sorrow already.

Do you understand now why I wished you to regard us as strangers?
A presentiment told me that my family would be fatal to yours!" "Poor child!" exclaimed Mme.