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At a loss to know what else to do, he sat upon the corner of the table, resting his chin on the palms of his hands, and engaged in anticipations of the most frightful nature. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO HE SAT UPON THE CORNER OF THE TABLE RESTING HIS CHIN ON THE PALM OF HIS HANDS AND ENGAGED IN ANTICIPATIONS OF THE MOST FRIGHTFUL NATURE
r 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. 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. Such a discovery could not fail to fill his heart with unspeakable horror; for he concluded that he himself, unless saved by a miracle--a favour he could hardly hope for, considering his past conduct--would undergo the same fate before morning. CLUDED 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 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 SUCH A DISCOVERY COULD NOT FAIL TO FILL HIS HEART WITH UNSPEAKABLE HORROR FOR HE CONCLUDED THAT HE HIMSELF UNLESS SAVE BY A MIRACLE A FAVOUR HE COULD HARDLY HOPE FOR CONSIDERING HIS PAST CONDUCT WOULD UNDERGO THE SAME FATE BEFORE MORNING
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