[Illustration: Scene--_A Tight Place_.
Child Herbert (_to "Wicked Baron"_). "MY LORD, I HAVE EVER REGARDED YOU
AS A PESTILENT VILLAIN--NAY WORSE, AN HEREDITARY IMBECILE. I THEREFORE
RELY ON YOUR BENEFICENT WISDOM TO FIND ME A WAY OUT OF THIS SINISTER
WOOD."]
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