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Tottering fro hiained the door, and tre between hope and fear, he put his eye to

the keyhole in order to discover as approaching his person

He saw in the distance a e, and his countenance so singular, that he was at a loss to

knohether it were a hu, or only a creation of his own

disordered brain

Still he heard confused sounds in the passage; a voice seerees the nized

the servant of Si in such horrible

convulsions? Why was his face so horribly contorted? Why did he threaten

and rage in such harsh accents?

A horrible conviction forced itself upon Geronie necessary to accomplish the hich fate exacted

of him He had thus drowned his senses, and had coht for the moment roused his fears; but he remembered that he had

just offered to God his life in expiation of his sins He retired to the

other side of the cellar, knelt by the side of the grave, and with a smile