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of being brigands occurred to one or other of them; and they proceeded to kidnap the princess to hold her for ransom. They might lure her to some dis-
tance from the Grange before they had recourse to force."

"It sounds incredible—children," said Miss Lambart.

"Well, we shall see," said Sir Maurice cheerfully. Then he added in a more doubtful tone: "If only we can take them by surprise, which won't be so easy as it sounds."

Miss Lambart feared that they were on a wild goose chase. But it was a very pleasant wild goose chase; she was very well content to be walking with him through this pleasant sunny land. When pres-
ently he turned the talk to matters more personal to her, she liked it better still. He was very sympa-
thetic: he sympathized with her in her annoyance at having had to waste so much of the summer on this tiresome corvée of acting as lady-in-waiting on the little princess; for, thanks to the domineering jeal-
ousy of the baroness, it had been a tiresome corvée indeed, instead of the pleasant occupation it might have been. He sympathized with her in her vexa-

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