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A light step was heard crossing the floor, as if from the bed to the window; and almost at the same instant the door gave way, and, yielding to the pressure of the external applicants, nearly precipitated them into the room. A LIGHT STEP WAS HEARD ACROSSING THE FLOOR AS IF FROM THE BED TO THE WINDOW AND ALMOST AT THE SAME INSTANT THE DOOR GAVE WAY AND YIELDING TO THE PRESSURE OF THE EXTERNAL APPLICANTS NEARLY PRECIPITATED THEM INTO THE ROOM
d, and darted after him, in order, by her grasp, to detain him. But the warning came too late, for scarcely had he passed the threshold, and hardly had his niece had time to utter the startling exclamation, when the door which divided the two rooms closed violently after him, as if swung by a strong blast of wind. Schalken and he both rushed to the door, but their united and desperate efforts could not avail so much as to shake it. Shriek after shriek burst from the inner chamber, with all the piercing loudness of despairing terror. Schalken and Douw applied every nerve to force open the door; but all in vain. There was no sound of struggling from within, but the screams seemed to increase in loudness, and at the same time they heard the bolts of the latticed window withdrawn, and the window itself grated upon the sill as if thrown open. One _last_ shriek, so long and piercing and agonized as to be scarcely human, swelled from the room, and suddenly there followed a death-like silence. AME TIME SHE SPRUNG FROM THE BED AND DARTED AFTER HIM IN ORDER BY HER GRASP TO DETAIN HIM BUT THE WARNING CAME TOO LATE FOR SCARCELY HAD HE PASSED THE THRESHOLD AND HARDLY HAD HIS NIECE HAD TIME TO UTTER THE STARTLING EXCLAMATION WHEN THE DOOR WHICH DIVIDED THE TWO ROOMS CLOSED VIOLENTLY AFTER HIM AS IF SWUNG BY A STRONG BLAST OF WIND SHALKIN AND HE BOTH RUSHED TO THE DOOR BUT THEIR UNITED AND DESPERATE EFFORTS COULD NOT AVAIL SO MUCH AS TO SHAKE IT SHRIEK AFTER SHRIEK BURST FROM THE INNER CHAMBER WITH ALL THE PIERCING LOUDNESS OF DESPAIRING TERROR SHALKIN AND DOUBT PLIED EVERY NERVE TO FORCE UPON THE DOOR BUT ALL IN VAIN THERE WAS NO SOUND OF STRUGGLING FROM WITHIN BUT THE SCREAM SEEMED TO INCREASE IN LOUDNESS AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE BOLTS OF THE LATTICED WINDOW WITHDRAWN AND THE WINDOW ITSELF GRATED UPON THE SILL AS IF THROWN OPEN ONE LAST SHRIEK SO LONG AND PIERCING AND AGONIZED AS TO BE SCARCELY HUMAN SWELLED FROM THE ROOM AND SUDDENLY THERE FOLLOWED A DEATHLIKE SILENCE
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