Chapter 38 LADY MAUDE.

"--With wild surprise

As if to marble struck, devoid of sense,

A moment motionless she stood."

-Thomson.

In an elegantly-furnished room, in a most elegant private mansion, a lady, still young and exceedingly beautiful, sat with her head leaning on her hand, her eyes fixed thoughtfully and somewhat sadly on the floor. A little paler the

            
            

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