She had the plague, though, when she jumped into the river, and perhaps the best place to find her would be the pest-house.

I shall try." "Go, and Heaven speed you! Yonder is the way to it, and my road lies here.

Good night, master Hubert." "Good night, Sir Norman," responded the page, bowing airily; "and if I do not find the lady to-night, most assuredly I shall do so to-morrow." Turning along a road leading to the pest-house, and laughing as he went, the boy disappeared.

Fearing lest the page should follow him, and thereby discover a clue to Leoline's abode, Sir Norman turned into a street some distance from the house, and waited in the shadow until he was out of sight.

Then he came forth, and, full of impatience to get back to the ruin, hurried on to where he had left his horse.