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"Lady Blakeney," he said at last, "God knows you have perplexed me, so that I do not know which way my duty lies.

Tell me what you wish me to do.

There are nineteen of us ready to lay down our lives for the Scarlet Pimpernel if he is in danger." "There is no need for lives just now, my friend," she said drily; "my wits and four swift horses will serve the necessary purpose.

But I must know where to find him.

See," she added, while her eyes filled with tears, "I have humbled myself before you, I have owned my fault to you; shall I also confess my weakness ?--My husband and I have been estranged, because he did not trust me, and because I was too blind to understand.
You must confess that the bandage which he put over my eyes was a very thick one.