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Though it must have been imperceptible to another , Zoe detected , in her father 's manner , a suppressed excitement ; and augured from it a belief that the capture of Séverac Bablon was imminent . However , when Mary was gone , Mr. Oppner said nothing of the matter which , doubtless , occupied his mind , and Zoe felt too guilty to broach the subject . They retired at last , without having mentioned the name of Séverac Bablon . Zoe found sleep to be impossible , and lay reading until long past one o'clock . But when the book dropped from her hands , she slept soundly and dreamlessly . In the morning she scanned her mail anxiously . But there was nothing to show that her warning had been received .