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No trace of Rose was ever after found, nor was anything certain respecting her mysterious wooer discovered or even suspected  no clue whereby to trace the intricacies of the labyrinth and to arrive at its solution, presented itself. NO TRACE OF ROSE WAS EVER AFTER FOUND NOR WAS ANYTHING CERTAIN RESPECTING HER MYSTERIOUS WOOER DISCOVERED OR EVEN SUSPECTED NO CLUE WHEREBY TO TRACE THE INTRICACIES OF THE LABYRINTH AND TO ARRIVE AT ITS SOLUTION PRESENTED ITSELF
chalken 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but the screams seemed to increase in loudness, and at the same time they heard the bolts of the latticed window withdrawn, and the window itself grated upon the sill as if thrown open.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. 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. It was empty. The window was open, and Schalken sprung to a chair and gazed out upon the street and canal below. He saw no form, but he saw, or thought he saw, the waters of the broad canal beneath settling ring after ring in heavy circles, as if a moment before disturbed by the submission of some ponderous body. OUDNESS 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WITHIN BUT THE SCREAM SEEMED TO INCREASE IN LOUDNESS AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE BOLTS OF THE LATTICED WINDOW WITHDRAWN AND THE WINDOW ITSELF GRATED UPON THE SILL AS IF THROWN OPEN ONE LAST SHRIEK SO LONG AND PIERCING AND AGONIZED AS TO BE SCARCELY HUMAN SWELLED FROM THE ROOM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 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 IT WAS EMPTY THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AND SHALKIN SPRUNG TO A CHAIR AND GAZED OUT UPON THE STREET AND CANAL BELOW HE SAW NO FORM BUT HE SAW OR THOUGHT HE SAW THE WATERS OF THE BROAD CANAL BENEATH SETTLING RING AFTER RING IN HEAVY CIRCLES AS IF A MOMENT BEFORE DISTURBED BY THE SUBMISSION OF SOME PONDEROUS BODY
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