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Schalken and Douw applied every nerve to force open the door; but all in vain. SHALKIN AND DOUBT PLIED EVERY NERVE TO FORCE UPON THE DOOR BUT ALL IN VAIN
blew out the candle which served to illuminate the room in which the poor girl lay, and she, with hurried alarm, exclaimed:---- "Godfrey, bring in another candle; the darkness is unsafe." Gerard Douw forgetting for the moment her repeated injunctions, in the immediate impulse, stepped from the bedchamber into the other, in order to supply what she desired. "Oh God! do not go, dear uncle," shrieked the unhappy girl--and at the same 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. 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. E HAD TIME TO BEGIN A SUDDEN GUST OF AIR BLEW OUT THE CANDLE WHICH SERVED TO ILLUMINATE THE ROOM IN WHICH THE POOR GIRL LAY AND SHE WITH HURRIED ALARM EXCLAIMED GODFREY BRING IN ANOTHER CANDLE THE DARKNESS IS UNSAFE GERARDOW FORGETTING FOR THE MOMENT HER REPEATED INJUNCTIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE IMPULSE STEPPED FROM THE BED CHAMBER INTO THE OTHER IN ORDER TO SUPPLY WHAT SHE DESIRED O GOD DO NOT GO DEAR UNCLE SHRIEKED THE UNHAPPY GIRL AND AT THE SAME 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
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