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His conscience, too, rising up in judgment against him, added its own paroxysms of dismay, paroxysms which were still further augmented by the finding of the dead body of a woman, nude and horribly mutilated, lying doubled up and partly concealed by a curtain. HIS CONSCIENCE TOO RISING UP IN JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM ADDED ITS OWN PAROXYSMS OF DISMAY PAROXYSMS WHICH WERE STILL FURTHER AUGMENTED BY THE FINDING OF THE DEAD BODY OF A WOMAN NUDE AND HORRIBLY MUTILATED LYING DOUBLED UP AND PARTLY CONCEALED BY A CURTAIN
on his feet. To Bonivon's surprise a tray full of eatables was standing on the table, and the werwolf, motioning to him to sit down, signed to him to eat. Being ravenously hungry, Bonivon "fell to," and, despite his fears--for being by nature alive to, and, by reason of his calling, forced to guard against the treachery of his fellow creatures, he more than half suspected some subtle design underlying this act of kindness--demolished every particle of food. The meal thus concluded, Bonivon's benefactor retired, locking the door after him. No sooner had the sound of his steps in the stone hall ceased than Bonivon ran to the window, hoping thereby to make his escape. But the iron bars were too firmly fixed--no matter how hard he pulled, tugged and wrenched, they remained as immovable as ever. Then his heart began to palpitate, his hair to bristle up, and his knees to totter; his thoughts were full of speculations as to how he would be killed and what it would feel like to be eaten alive.  THE BEARWARF AND SET GENTLY ON HIS FEET TO BONIVAN'S SURPRISE A TRAY FULL OF EATABLES WAS STANDING ON THE TABLE AND THE BEARWARF MOTIONING TO HIM TO SIT DOWN SIGNED TO HIM TO EAT BEING RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY BONIVON FELL TO AND DESPITE HIS FEARS FOR BEING BY NATURE ALIVE TO AND BY REASON OF HIS CALLING FORCED TO GUARD AGAINST THE TREACHERY OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES HE MORE THAN HALF SUSPECTED SOME SUBTLE DESIGN UNDERLYING THIS ACT OF KINDNESS DEMOLISHED EVERY PARTICLE OF FOOD THE MEAL THUS CONCLUDED BONIVON'S BENEFACTOR RETIRED LOCKING THE DOOR AFTER HIM NO SOONER HAD THE SOUND OF HIS STEPS IN THE STONE HALL CEASED THAN BONIVON RAN TO THE WINDOW HOPING THEREBY TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE BUT THE IRON BARS WERE TOO FIRMLY FIXED NO MATTER HOW HARD HE PULLED TUGGED AND WRENCHED THEY REMAINED AS IMMOVABLE AS EVER THEN HIS HEART BEGAN TO PALPITATE HIS HAIR TO BRISTLE UP AND HIS KNEES TO TOTTER HIS THOUGHTS WERE FULL OF SPECULATIONS AS TO HOW HE WOULD BE KILLED AND WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO BE EATEN ALIVE
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