"If you would not, I
think I could procure you a fit-out."
"But I should, though!" said Leoline, with spirit "and most
decidedly, too! I shall wear nothing of the kind, Sir Page!"
"Every one to her fancy!" said Hubert, with a French shrug, "and
my pretty sister shall have hers in spite of earth, air, fire,
and water! And now, fair Leoline, for a brief time, adieu, and
au revoir !"
"You will not fail me!" exclaimed Leoline, earnestly, clasping
her hands.
"If I do, it shall be the last thing I will fail in on earth; for
if I am alive by to-morrow morning, Leoline shall be free!"
"And you will be careful - you will both be careful!"
"Excessively careful! Now then."
The last two words were addressed to the window which he
noiselessly opened as he spoke. Leoline caught a glimpse of the
bright free moonlight, and watched him with desperate envy; but
the next moment the shutters were closed, and Hubert and the
moonlight were both gone.
CHAPTER XIX
HUBERT'S WHISPER.
Sir Norman Kingsley's consternation and horror on discovering the
dead body of his friend, was only equalled by his amazement as to
how he got there, or how he came to be dead at all.
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