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Shortly after dawn he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the room; the door slowly began to open: a little wider and a little wider, and then, when Bonivon's heart was on the point of bursting, it suddenly swung open wide, and the cold, grey dawn falling on the threshold revealed not a werwolf, but  a human being: a man in the unmistakable garb of a Huguenot minister! SHORTLY AFTER DAWN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING THE ROOM THE DOOR SLOWLY BEGAN TO OPEN A LITTLE WIDER AND A LITTLE WIDER AND THEN WHEN BONIVAN'S HEART WAS ON THE POINT OF BURSTING IT SUDDENLY SWUNG OPEN WIDE AND THE COLD GRAY DAWN FALLING ON THE THRESHOLD REVEALED NOT A WEREWOLF BUT A HUMAN BEING A MAN IN THE UNMISTAKABLE GUARD OF A HUGUENOT MINISTER
 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. 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.  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 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
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