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"Well, (said Madeline, ) though you did come alone, you met with nothing to frighten you."
"That shall never prevail on me, however, to venture again to such a place by myself, if I can help it."
By this time they had reached the chateau, and Madeline being informed by a servant, whom she met in the hall, that the Countess was in the supper parlour, directly repaired thither.