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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. 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
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but the screams seemed to increase in loudness, and at the same time they heard the bolts of the latticed window withdrawn, and the window itself grated upon the sill as if thrown open. 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. N 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WITHIN BUT THE SCREAM SEEMED TO INCREASE IN LOUDNESS AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY HEARD THE BOLTS OF THE LATTICED WINDOW WITHDRAWN AND THE WINDOW ITSELF GRATED UPON THE SILL AS IF THROWN OPEN ONE LAST SHRIEK SO LONG AND PIERCING AND AGONIZED AS TO BE SCARCELY HUMAN SWELLED FROM THE ROOM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
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