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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. 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
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. 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but the screams seemed to increase in loudness, and at the same time they heard the bolts of the latticed window withdrawn, and the window itself grated upon the sill as if thrown open. TEPPED 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 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WITHIN BUT THE SCREAM SEEMED TO INCREASE IN LOUDNESS AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE BOLTS OF THE LATTICED WINDOW WITHDRAWN AND THE WINDOW ITSELF GRATED UPON THE SILL AS IF THROWN OPEN
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