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PRINCE OTTO
CHAPTER Xin.
PKOVIDEXCE A'OX EOSEX : ACT THE THIRD : SHE
EXLIGHTEXS SERAPIIIXA.
WiiEX Madame von Eosen left the Prince, she
hurried straight to Colonel Gordon ; and not
content with directing the arrangements, slie
' had herself accompanied the soldier of fortune
to the Flying Mercury. The Colonel gave her
his arm, and the talk between this j^air of con-
spirators ran high and lively. The Countess,
indeed, was in a whirl of pleasure and excite-
ment ; her tongue stumbled upon laughter, her
eyes shone, the colour that Avas usually wanting
now perfected her face. It would have taken
little more to bring Gordon to her feet — or so,
at least, she believed, disdaining the idea.
Hidden among some hlac bushes, she enjoyed
the great decorum of the arrest, and heard the
dialogue of the two men die aAvay along the path.
Soon after, the rolhng of a carriage and the beat of
hoofs arose in the still air of the niglit, and passed