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AT THE PLAGUE-PIT.
The effect of the whisper was magical.

Everything that had been dark before, became clear as noonday; and Sir Norman sat absolutely astounded at his own stupidity in not having found it out for himself before.
Every feature, notwithstanding the disguise of wig and beard, became perfectly familiar; and even through the well-assumed voice, he recognized the royal tones.

It struck him all at once, and with it the fact of Leoline's increased danger.

Count L'Estrange was a formidable rival, but King Charles of England was even more formidable.
Thought is quick--quicker than the electric telegraph or balloon traveling; and in two seconds the whole stated things, with all the attendant surprises and dangers, danced before his mind's eye like a panorama; and he comprehended the past, the present, and the future, before Hubert had uttered the last word of his whisper.