CHAPTER XIX-1

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CHAPTER XIX“I would be more at ease,” Francisco said, “if I could know where she is gone; for I have a hope that she will not have put me out of her mind, and, if I come through this war, I am resolved that I will find her again.” This was to Angelica, a week after Venetia fled. They were better friends now than they had been since she had come into their lives, or perhaps before that. Francisco, being troubled and anxious in mind, would have someone to whom to talk, and Angelica gave a sympathy that was no less true because she had some thoughts, both about Venetia and other things, which she kept unsaid. As to where Venetia had gone, or even how she had escaped, there was no more than a poor guess. The jailer had not been found on the wrong side of a locked door or at least it was not

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