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He had barely recovered from this alarm when his eyes almost started out of their sockets with fright as he caught sight of a queer shape gliding silently from tree to tree; and shortly afterwards he was again terrified  this time by a pale face, whether of a human being or animal he could not say, peering down at him from the gnarled and fantastic branches of a gigantic oak. HE HAD BARELY RECOVERED FROM THIS ALARM WHEN HIS EYES ALMOST STARTED OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS WITH FRIGHT AS HE CAUGHT SIGHT OF A QUEER SHAPE GLIDING SILENTLY FROM TREE TO TREE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HE WAS AGAIN TERRIFIED THIS TIME BY A PALE FACE WHETHER OF A HUMAN BEING OR ANIMAL HE COULD NOT SAY PEERING DOWN AT HIM FROM THE GNARLED AND FANTASTIC BRANCHES OF A GIGANTIC OAK
ker. Ha! ha! ha!" But their coarse wit fell flat. Henri hardly heard it--all his thoughts, his burning love, his unquenchable passion, were centred in Mère Maxim: in spirit he was with her, alone with her, in the innermost recesses of the grim, silent forest. The marriage eve came; he handed Beatrice the presents, and ere she had time to thank him--for the magnificence of the belt rendered her momentarily speechless--he had flown from the house, and was hurrying as fast as his legs could carry him to his tryst. The shadows of night were already on the forest when he entered it; and the silence and solitude of the place, the indistinct images of the trees, and their dismal sighing, that seemed to foretell a storm, all combined to disturb his fancy and raise strange spectres in his imagination. The shrill hooting of an owl, as it rustled overhead, caused him an unprecedented shock, and the great rush of blood to his head made him stagger and clutch hold of the nearest object for support.  NEED TO BUY A KITCHEN POKER HA HA BUT THEIR COARSE WIT FELL FLAT ENREY HARDLY NOTICED IT AT ALL ALL HIS THOUGHTS HIS BRIMMING LOVE HIS UNQUENCHABLE PASSION WERE CENTERED IN MERE MAXIM IN SPIRIT HE WAS WITH HER ALONE WITH HER IN THE INNERMOST RECESSES OF THE GRIM SILENT FOREST THE MARRIAGE EVE CAME HE HANDED BEATRICE THE PRESENTS AND ERE SHE HAD TIME TO THANK HIM FOR THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE BELT RENDERED HER MOMENTARY SPEECHLESS HE HAD FLOWN FROM THE HOUSE AND WAS HURRYING AS FAST AS HIS LEGS COULD CARRY HIM TO HIS TRYST THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT WERE ALREADY ON THE FOREST WHEN HE ENTERED IT AND THE SILENCE AND SOLITUDE OF THE PLACE THE INDISTINCT IMAGES OF THE TREES AND THEIR DISMAL SIGHING THAT SEEMED TO FORETELL A STORM ALL COMBINED TO DISTURB HIS FANCY AND RAISE STRANGE SPECTRES IN HIS IMAGINATION THE SHRILL HOOTING OF AN OWL AS IT RUSTLED OVERHEAD CAUSED HIM AN UNPRECEDENTED SHOCK AND THE GREAT RUSH OF BLOOD TO HIS HEAD MADE HIM STAGGER AND CLUTCH HOLD OF THE NEAREST OBJECT FOR SUPPORT
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