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at the door during my absence, pay no attention to it; I will lock the

door on the outside and take the key with me"

The man looked at her surprised and troubled Her bony lieteeth, , a worthy companion for Bufferio

He listened to the sound of her receding steps, until he heard the key

grate in the lock of the door

Then he looked around him and examined with mistrust and surprise the

apartment of Bufferio and the objects it contained

The room was neither well furnished nor clean: a table, three rickety

chairs, an oaken bench, a few earthenware vessels near the fireplace, and

a bed, constituted all the furniture It was not, however, these coaze of the visitor What he could not see without

shuddering, was the nue arms suspended all around the walls

of the rooers and knives of

every size and shape, he saw short clubs with iron heads, steel chains

like the bit of a horse, ropes with running knots, and various other

articles whose use was inexplicable to hiular instruood purpose