"He watched her every motion."

"In a moment he was down, writhing on the floor."

"'Who stole him? Where has he been?'"

"They were carrying him."

"A man, half-naked, ... crawled on to the highroad."

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MAN IN BLACK.

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER I.

 The Fair At Fécamp.

 

"I am Jehan de Bault, Seigneur of--I know not where, and Lord of seventeen lordships in the County of---I forget the name, of a most noble and puissant family, possessing the High Justice, the Middle, and the Low. In my veins runs the blood of Roland, and of my forefathers were three marshals of France. I stand here, the----"

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