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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: A Sicilian Romance ISBN13: 9781490586717 ISBN10: 1490586717 Author: Radcliffe, Ann Ward (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - Excerpt: Refused To Yield, The Sounds Which Arose From Within, And The Discovery Of The Fallen Roof; But Declared That Neither He, Nor Any Of His Fellow Servants, Believed The Noise Or The Obstruction Proceeded From That, 'Because, My Lord, ' Continued He, 'The Door Seemed To Be Held Only In One Place; And As For The Noise-O Lord I Never Shall Forget What A Noise It Was -It Was A Thousand Times Louder Than What Any Stones Could Make ' Ferdinand Listened To This Narrative In Silent Wonder Wonder Not Occasioned By The Adventure Described, But By The Hardihood And Rashness Of The Marquis, Who Had Thus Exposed To The Inspection Of His People, That Dreadful Spot Which He Knew From Experience To Be The Haunt Of An Injured Spirit; A Spot Which He Had Hitherto Scrupulously Concealed From Human Eye, And Human Curiosity; And Which, For So Many Years, He Had Not Dared Even Himself To Enter Peter Went On, But Was Presently Interrupted By A Hollow Moan, Which Seemed To Come From Beneath The Ground 'Blessed Virgin ' Exclaimed He: Ferdinand Listened In Awful Expectation A Groan Longer And More Dreadful Was Repeated, When Peter Started From His Seat, And Snatching Up The Lamp, Rushed Out Of The Dungeon Ferdinand, Who Was Left In Total Darkness, Followed To The Door, Which The Affrighted Peter Had Not Stopped To Fasten, But Which Had Closed, And Seemed Held By A Lock That Could Be Opened Only On The Outside The Sensations Of Ferdinand, Thus Compelled To Remain In The Dungeon, Are Not To Be Imagined The Horrors Of The Night, Whatever They Were To Be, He Was To Endure Alone By Degrees, However, He Seemed To Acquire The Valour Of Despair The Sounds Were Repeated, At Intervals, For Near An Hour, When Silence Returned, And Remained Undisturbed During The Rest Of The Night Ferdinand Was Alarmed By No Appearance, And At Length, Overcome With Anxiety And Watching, He Sunk To Repose On The Following Morning Peter Returned To The Dungeon, Scarcely Knowing What To Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2013-07-01 Weight: 0.57 lbs Dimensions: 0.4'' H x 9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 172 Language: English