Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN 'filE DAUK. 51
Virgin Mary;
speak to him."
when he comes a little nearer I will
"Do not, mother, let us go away."
"No, we '11 stay till he comes; I must know what
he means; fear nothing-a
you."
"A wizard might."
praying man will not harm
"Say no more; 1'11 now speak to him: Tell me,
thou man of God, what signified your words -'
fate is sealed I' didst thou refer to my husband ~"
" Verily."
"Canst thou divine his fate ~"
his
"That can I, by the assistance of the Holy Virgin
Mary; whom, day and night I invoke."
"Then say, if thou knowest, whither has flown his
departed soul ~"
Turning his eyes with a horrifying expression upon
the grave of her husband and regarding it fixedly, as
if his gaze penetrated the solid marble, he said, in a
, sepulchral, doleful voice: "In the deep caverns of
hell, wrapped in curling flames, writhes his soul in
unspeakable agony!"
Then glancing at the counten,ance of the lady, to
see what effect his words had produced, he readily
perceived the last maneuver staggered her credulity,
and that he had oiled on the aO'onya little too stronz
~ 0 b'
tackiuc about, as a Jesuit knows how, he began
speaking comfortable words to her,-expressing great
.sclicitnde for the salvation of herself and daughter,
and giving her assurance that, by the saying of mass,