"Thismeasureisgeneral, madame; andyouwillseekinvaintoevadeit."
"Iwillfollowyou, then, sir."
Acceptingthehandoftheofficer, shebeganthedescentoftheladder, ; theofficerrequestedhertositdownuponthiscloak, andplacedhimselfbesideher.
"Row!" saidhetothesailors.
Theeightoarsfellatonceintothesea, makingbutasinglesound, givingbutasinglestroke, andtheboatseemedtoflyoverthesurfaceofthewater.
Infiveminutestheygainedtheland.
Theofficerleapedtothepier, .
"Isthiscarriageforus?" askedMilady.
"Yes, madame," repliedtheofficer.
"Thehotel, then, isfaraway?"
"Attheotherendofthetown."
"Verywell," saidMilady; andsheresolutelyenteredthecarriage.
Theofficersawthatthebaggagewasfastenedcarefullybehindthecarriage; andthisoperationended, hetookhisplacebesideMilady, andshutthedoor.
Immediately, withoutanyorderbeinggivenorhisplaceofdestinationindicated, thecoachmansetoffatarapidpace, andplungedintothestreetsofthecity.
SostrangeareceptionnaturallygaveMiladyamplematterforreflection; soseeingthattheyoungofficerdidnotseematalldisposedforconversation, shereclinedinhercornerofthecarriage, andoneaftertheotherpassedinreviewallthesurmiseswhichpresentedthemselvestohermind.
Attheendofaquarterofanhour, however, surprisedatthelengthofthejourney, ; .
"Butwearenolongerinthecity, sir," saidshe.
Theyoungofficerpreservedsilence.
"Ibegyoutounderstand, sir, Iwillgonofartherunlessyoutellmewhitheryouaretakingme."
Thisthreatbroughtnoreply.
"Oh, thisistoomuch," criedMilady."Help! help!"
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