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The sun, at length, set behind the western mountains; his fiery beams

faded from the clouds, and then a dun radually involved the features of the country below Soon after,

the sentinels passed on the raloom over every object; the dishts, but she rereat extent of the

castle, and, above all, through the halls, where she had already

experienced so much horror Darkness, indeed, in the present state of

her spirits, made silence and solitude terrible to her; it would also

prevent the possibility of her finding her way to the turret, and

conde the fate of her aunt; yet

she dared not to venture forth for a laht catch the last lingering

gleaes of fear floated on her fancy

'What if some of these ruffians,' said she, 'should find out the private

stair-case, and in the darkness of night steal intotheaparted its object 'He is not a prisoner,' said she, 'though

he remains in one chamber, for Montoni did not fasten the door, when he

left it; the unknown person himself did this; it is certain, therefore,

he can co the terrors of darkness, she considered

it to be very improbable, whoever he was, that he could have any