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The convoy resumed their way; as soon as the Unknown was mounted,

his head was raised, and his countenance resumed its accustomed

expression of command and authority. The robbers whom they met on

their road discovered in it marks of strong thought and

extraordinary solicitude; but they did not, they could not,

comprehend the cause. They knew nothing as yet of the great

change which had taken place in the soul of the man, and

certainly such a conjecture would not have entered into their

minds.