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of the faces as I passed I presue; for

I felt quite indifferent as to , after the

late events ofcare of; and

enjoying, perhaps, soe I was thus taking upon the self which had fooledhad just ceased, and I felt as if all

were looking towards ht up the stairs to the throne, laid hold of a great wooden ie

that seemed to sit upon it, and tried to hurl it from its seat In this

I failed at first, for I found it firmly fixed But in dread lest, the

first shock of auards would rush upon me

before I had effected ht; and,

with a noise as of the cracking, and breaking, and tearing of rotten

wood, soe down the steps Its

displacereat hole in the throne, like the hollow of a

decayed tree, going down apparently a great way But I had no time to

exareat brute,

like a wolf, but twice the size, and tu with itself,

down the steps of the throne As we fell, however, I caught it by the

throat, and the le coot uppermost, with my hand upon its throat, and knee upon

its heart