- ver in bloom. And shall I no more, at the

feelings at peculiarly either to g

Sword, a w

in a mome

and placed instantly r He was

om never more!

was on the point of renewing the air, the sound of two persons, whispering on tside of the hedge which enclosed the , attracted his attention, and particu

there were

went on in of the river When he

he expected

re, at the

edom of

time! 0

that will

the air,

ring on sed the

partieu

peculiarly emphatic ; but before he had either to give the alarm, or even to dr sword, a wide cloth was flung over hir in a moment he was lifted by several

and placed before a man on horseback

instantly rode away.

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He was sensible that any attempt cover the cause of this treatment, by ing to his conductor, would be unav and accordingly he remained silent, hope of gathering something from the c sation of the party; for he soon perceive there were several in company: bu went on in silence till they reached the of the river.

When he heard the rippling of the he expected to be thrown in; but his

hensions in this respect were soon quieted by the sound of a boat approaching, into which he was immediately placed, and conveyed to the opposite shore, where other men and horses were ready to receive him. Without the cloth being removed which had been flung over him, his arms were e tied down to his sides, and he was again set on horseback as before. In n that condition he was conveyed several miles, and he heard, by the noise of the horses? hoofs, that he was passing a drawbridge, and under the vaulting of a gateway. In a moment after the reverberation of the trampling convinced him that he was within the area of a wide court; and the horses then stopping, he was lifted from the saddle and carried into a room, where his arms were untied, and the cover in which he was wrapt removed.

"No harm is intended, so make yourself comfortable," said a strong and stern fellow, who, with several others of a similar sullen physiognomy, were standing around him,

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while another man in the garb of a domestic placed a light on a table.

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"Where am I, and for what am I brought here?" said Rothelan, with a cool and reso

lute air. "It is plain you do not seek my

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life; but why am I a prisoner?”

"We have executed our orders," said the same soldier who first spoke, turning to his fellows, who, without making any reply, immediately began to retire.

"I demand again some explanation," exclaimed the prisoner.

"You can get none from us," said the soldier gruffly, "we have but done our duty." "On whose orders then ?"

"It's no part of them to tell you," was the answer; and with these words, the others having in the meantime retired, he also left the room, and closing the door, which opened outwards, fastened it with a chain and bar.

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Thrice he steppit east the hall,
And thrice he steppet west,

as the sigh

And long and dismal was

That heaved his loaded breast pas qu
But ne'er in shrift to holy man

Would he his sorrows tell;

And he lived with men companionless

As a hermit in a cell.

SIR EVERARD.

e meantime Ralph Hanslap had received amons to appear before the Bishop of hester. It came upon him and his pahe more unexpectedly, as they were both aded that the Lady Albertina and her ad, as well as all the witnesses, perishthe plague; but the impression it pro on the one was very different from ects on the other.