![]() "All of which means, monsieur, that you are very much perplexed, very tired, and very uneasy. "One would mount thus to the belfry of the castle without being conscious of fatigue," said Raoul. At every false step made by Raoul, his conductress cried, "Hush!" and held out to him a soft perfumed hand. They thus climbed up three stories, he behind her, touching with his hands, when he felt for the banister, a silk dress which rubbed against each side of the staircase. The latter replied by springing up the dark staircase after her. "Are you brave enough to follow me, monsieur knight errant?" asked the girl, laughing at the momentary hesitation Raoul had manifested. Raoul was not four minutes in performing what he had been directed to do he returned to the little door, where, in the gloom, he found his mysterious conductress waiting for him, on the first steps of a winding staircase. "Oh! you are terribly embarrassed! Go yonder way - there is a shed in the outer court: fasten your horse, and return quickly!" ![]()
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