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ON AN ERRAND OF CHIVALRY.
The seconds passed; the woman beside him showed no sign of life.
Tavernake felt a fear run cold in his blood, such as in all his days he had never known.

This, indeed, was something belonging to a world of which he knew nothing.

What was it?
Illness?
Pain?
Surprise?
There was only his instinct to tell him.

It was terror, the terror of one who looks beyond the grave.
"Mrs.Gardner!" he exclaimed.