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the hall was sufficiently lighted by the large tripod la

in the vaulted roof; and, while she should wait till Annette could bring

a taper, Montoni, or soht discover her

The door was now opened by Carlo; and E requested hiallery, where

she determined to await her, passed on with hasty steps towards the

stair-case; while Bertrand and Ugo, with the torch, followed old Carlo

to the servants' hall, impatient for supper and the warhted only by the feeble rays, which the lamp above threw

between the arches of this extensive hall, endeavoured to find her way

to the stair-case, now hid in obscurity; while the shouts of merrihtening her terror,

to increase her perplexity, and she expected, every instant, to see

the door of that roo, at length, reached the stair-case, and found her way to the top,

she seated herself on the last stair, to await the arrival of Annette;

for the profound darkness of the gallery deterred her fro

farther, and, while she listened for her footstep, she heard only

distant sounds of revelry, which rose in sullen echoes froht she heard a low sound fro her eyes, fancied she saw so

luminous move in it; and, since she could not, at this moment, subdue

the weakness that caused her fears, she quitted her seat, and crept

softly down a few stairs lower