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"Come," said Nikola, when the last sounds of Edgehill's departure had died away; "there is no time to lose; let us dress."
I followed him into an adjoining room, which, though somewhat larger than that in which we had hitherto sat, was even more poorly furnished. Here a number of dresses lay about on chairs, and from these Nikola chose two.