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VIVIAN GREY.
save all, made a leap in the dark. Well! is my skull cracked? Nous verrons. How hot, either this room or my blood is! Come, for some fresh air; (he opened the library window) how fresh and soft it is! Just the night for the balcony. Hah! music! I cannot mistake that voice. Singular woman! I 'll just walk on, till I'm beneath her window."
Vivian accordingly proceeded along the balcony, which extended down one whole side of the Château. While he was looking at the moon he stumbled against some one. It was Colonel Delmington. He apologised to the militaire for treading on his toes, and "wondered how the devil he got there!"
END OF VOL. I.
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