"I did," said Claude, unhesitatingly; and this
seemed to satisfy the lawyer's doubts, and, rising,
he said, shaking his companion by the hand: "Mon-
tigny, go. Beat up the bush at Stillyside; and if
she be not there, -- why all the country side shall be
roused to find and bring her back. But, Claude, she
is safe. Yet hie you thither; mount again your
horse, and bring me word before the day breaks:
begone." And in a few moments Claude was scour-
ing back to Stillyside, and the advocate ruminating
alone amidst the shadows of his library.

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