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At the spot which the sleigh and the convoy had reached, the road winds round at the higher portion of the level ground, which lies four or five feet below, and as a thick cloud veiled the moon, the doctor, afraid of upsetting his equipage, stopped under the oak.
"We have only about an hour's journey more, Dame Lefevre," said he, "so be of good heart; we are out of danger now."