"Now, go," she said, drawing resolutely away. An instant later his head

disappeared below the rail. Peering over the side she saw his figure

spring easily to the ground, and then came the rapid, steady tramp as he

went away on his dreary patrol.

"I couldn't help it," she was whispering to herself between joy and

shame.

Glancing instinctively out toward the solitary lamp she saw two men

standing in its light. One of them was General Marlanx; the other she

knew to be the spy that watched Baldos. Her heart sank like lead when

she saw that the two were peering intently toward the balcony where she

stood, and where Baldos had clung but a moment before.




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