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CLERMONT.

CHAP. III.

"Forlorn and lost I tread,"With fainting steps and slow,"Where wilds, immeasurably spread,"Seem length'ning as I go.

"I hope, Mademoiselle, (said Lubin, on hearing her sigh as she turned from the chateau) you are not frightened at the idea of going through the wood?"

"No;" replied Madeline.

"So much the better, so much the better, (said Lubin) but indeed I should not wonder if you were."

"Why,