places he visited, but will content myself with simply saying, that after having travelled unceasingly until the moon, which was then in her full, had waned, and passed, and again returned to the same point in the heavens, he at last found himself at St. Madon, in the Tournesis, and within a league of its capital.

He now began to grow discouraged, and to fear that he must resign all the fond hopes he had entertained of recovering at all, her whom, at first setting out, he thought it would have required but a few hours to overtake. During this month of absence from home, he had visited almost every town within a radius of eight or ten leagues of Bavay; and both he and Geoffroi had searched every nook and corner of them, without so much as obtaining the slightest hint as to where it would be advisable next to direct their course.

Thus far disappointed of his aim, his thoughts sometimes turned towards home; but that natural dislike we all feel to give up, uncompleted, an object we have commenced, and carried on with labour,―added to the chivalrous spirit of the

age, forbidding its heroes to enter on an adventure, and relinquish it but with life, or victory,— as also the fear he entertained of encountering his father's reproaches, taunts, and anger; and, worse than all, the requisitions he anticipated from him on the subject of marriage with another, all combined to bring him back to his original resolve, of continuing the pursuit until he had come up with the object of it.

Tournay, the capital of the Tournesis, was then the residence of William, Count of Hainault and Holland, and was, therefore, a place, where considering the character she had adopted, of a vielleuse-he imagined that it was at least probable she might have gone. Tournai, therefore, he resolved to seek her.

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Holy St. Mary!" he exclaimed, in sudden amaze, as he was riding leisurely along in quest of an hotel wherein to lodge,-Holy St. Mary, seest thou her?"

Where-what-who? See who, Damoyseau, an't please you?" said the man looking round.

"There!" replied Gaultier, still continuing to

grasp with one hand his servant's arm, with that friendly familiarity one is apt to use towards others, of whatever rank they be, engaged with us in forwarding any object we have at heart; whilst with the other, he pointed to the figure of a beautifully-shaped female, traversing the street at a little distance before them.

Geoffroi, looking in the direction of the spot designated to him, was nearly as much struck as his Lord, when he perceived a young woman of exactly the same height as the Lady Emily, and dressed in the same stuff checklaton, and the dark-coloured mantle she had worn upon the night of her departure from Bavay. The shape of her person, as well as he could distinguish it-her air, gait, and general appearance, struck him as being so similar to that of Emily, that he could not for a moment doubt of its being herself.

"Here, Geoffroi !" said the Damoyseau, springing to the ground-" take the rein!-yet soft!-I may not startle her by a too sudden appearance."

"Now then my patron Saint be praised!-the

lass will be mine, silver and all!-and Saint Gingo's shrine shall be lighted with a good dozen of brave wax tapers, each as thick as mine own arm, in sign of gratitude," exclaimed Geoffroi exultingly, as Gaultier, leaving the bridle in his hand, and bidding him await his return, set off with a heart beating with joy and trepidation, to overtake his loved one.

Through fear lest the clinking of his large heavy spurs should arouse attention, and, causing her to turn abruptly, she might be thus terrified at his unexpected apparition, he stepped gently along the street, always keeping her in view, at about thirty or forty paces before him; intending when she should arrive at the market-place, visible at the other end of the street, to have made a circuit, so as to meet her in front, and thus allowing her to perceive him approach at a distance, prepare her by degrees for the interview; but he had not proceeded far in this manner, before he observed her suddenly turn down a narrow alley to the right, and immediately disappear.

This was unexpected;-he quickened his pace;

and arriving at the entrance of the lane, looked into it; he saw no one but some children who were at play, and could hear nothing but the screams they uttered whilst running after and attempting to catch or to escape from each other. He entered, and walking to the end, found it to be not an alley but a court—that is to say, it was blocked up at the extremity. The one he sought, therefore, could not again have left it unseen by him. Just at that instant, and as he was looking round for some one to whom to address himself, the mother of one of the children came out, and catching her son by the arm, whilst giving him a gentle stroke upon the back, told him to go home, and not associate himself with such a parcel of little rascals.

Accosting her, he enquired if she had seen a certain Damoyselle, whom he had he said just observed enter the court; the poor woman replied that she had not remarked her for the day, but that from his description, he guessed her to be the one who dwelt in the large house on the opposit side, a little lower down. It was one which had been newly painted green, and was by far the