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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK. 177<br />

told <strong>the</strong> result of her visit, and <strong>in</strong>formed Enola of <strong>the</strong><br />

part which she was <strong>the</strong>n required t.o act. "Your<br />

long and <strong>in</strong>timate acqua<strong>in</strong>tance with <strong>the</strong>m, Enola,"<br />

said Miss Glidewell, "will give you an <strong>in</strong>fluence over<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir m<strong>in</strong>ds and feel<strong>in</strong>gs which I cannot exert. It is<br />

at leastpo88ible for you to succeed."<br />

" But how do you expect me to ga<strong>in</strong> admittance,"<br />

asked Enola.<br />

"Our figure and stature but slightly differ; wear<br />

my apparel, and under this thick vail conceal your<br />

face; a casual glance will not dist<strong>in</strong>guish or mark<br />

<strong>the</strong> difference between us. And I can give you such<br />

directions as will enable you to enter <strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and f<strong>in</strong>d your way to <strong>the</strong> right room without <strong>the</strong><br />

least difficulty; and as I shall be expected by <strong>the</strong> Superior<br />

at <strong>the</strong> very hour <strong>in</strong> which you will make your<br />

appearance, <strong>the</strong> 'slightest suspicion cannot possibly<br />

arise."<br />

Enola was' by no means lack<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> moral courage;<br />

yet she was reluctant to playa deceitful part <strong>in</strong> anyth<strong>in</strong>g;<br />

but so much had she become <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

project now on foot, and so very solicitious was she<br />

to succeed <strong>in</strong> redeem<strong>in</strong>g Maria and Arabella from a<br />

dark and soul-destroy<strong>in</strong>g superstition, that she scarcely<br />

hesitated <strong>in</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g up her m<strong>in</strong>d.<br />

"At all events, Mary, I'll try," said she.<br />

" I predict you '11succeed."<br />

"'T is uncerta<strong>in</strong>."<br />

" Only conv<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong>se unlawful vows are not<br />

b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g, and you have ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> victory."<br />

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