The Spy

Chapter 24

Hushed were his Gertrude's lips; but still their bland

And beautiful expression seemed to melt

With love that could not die! and still his hand

She presses to the heart no more that felt.

--_Gertrude of Wyoming_.

The brief arrangements of the dragoons had prepared two apartments for

the reception of the ladies, the one being intended as a sleeping room,

and situated within the other. Into the latter Isabella was immediately

conveyed, at her own request, and placed on a rude bed by the side of

the unconscious Sarah. When Miss Peyton and Frances flew to her

assistance, they found her with a smile on her pallid lip, and a

composure in her countenance, that induced them to think her uninjured.

"God be praised!" exclaimed the trembling aunt. "The report of firearms,

and your fall,