"The ladder is still upon the wall; we will climb it." And as the apprentice moved towards the house, he tried to drag her in that direction.
"I cannot--will not fly thus," she cried.
"What is the matter ?" exclaimed Leonard, suddenly turning.
"Further disguise is useless," replied the supposed Gregory Swindlehurst.

"I am the Earl of Rochester.

The other was a counterfeit." "Ah!" exclaimed Leonard, rushing towards them, and placing a pistol against the breast of his mistress?
"Have I been duped?
But it is not yet too late to retrieve my error.

Move a foot further, my lord,--and do you, Amabel, attempt to fly with him, and I fire." "You cannot mean this ?" cried Rochester.

"Raise your hand against the woman you love ?" "Against the woman who forgets her duty, and the libertine who tempts her, the arm that is raised is that of justice," replied Leonard.