right; we are in dreadful, dreadful danger, and you share it by

"Ah!" said I; "you have heard of me from Northmour? And he gives

"I asked him about you last night," was her reply. "I pretended,"

she hesitated, "I pretended to have met you long ago, and spoken to

you of him. It was not true; but I could not help myself without

betraying you, and you had put me in a difficulty. He praised you

"And - you may permit me one question - does this danger come from

"From Mr. Northmour?" she cried. "Oh no; he stays with us to share