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They had to cross two courts, towards the east wing of the castle,

which, adjoining the chapel, was, like it, in ruins: but the silence and

gloom of these courts had now little power over Emily's mind, occupied

as it ith more mournful ideas; and she scarcely heard the low

and dis the ivyed

battles of the bat,

which frequently crossed her way But, when, having entered the chapel,

and passed between thepillars of the aisles, the bearers

stopped at a flight of steps, that led down to a low arched door, and,

their co descended to unlock it, she saw iloomy abyss beyond;--saw the corpse of her aunt carried down these

steps, and the ruffian-like figure, that stood with a torch at the

bottom to receive it--all her fortitude was lost in erief and terror She turned to lean upon Annette, as

cold and tre on the suan to die away on the

pillars of the chapel, and the loo other fears, and a sense of what she

considered to be her duty overco the echo of footsteps and the faint ray, that

pierced the darkness, till the harsh grating of a distant door, that was

opened to receive the corpse, again appalled her

After the pause of a moment, she went on, and, as she entered the