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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK. 87<br />

to heaven; those who rema<strong>in</strong>, claim<strong>in</strong>g to be such,<br />

are travel<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r way. What do we poor reprobates<br />

want with demons to confess our s<strong>in</strong>s to 1"<br />

"Imag<strong>in</strong>e not such strange th<strong>in</strong>gs, Isadora."<br />

"I tell <strong>the</strong>e, simple girl, <strong>the</strong> men to whom you go<br />

to be forgiven, have more wickedness <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir hearts<br />

and <strong>in</strong>iquity on <strong>the</strong>ir heads, than all <strong>the</strong> waters <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

mighty seas can wash away I"<br />

The superior, discover<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> maniac at liberty,<br />

approached, and rudely seiz<strong>in</strong>g her by <strong>the</strong> arm, commanded<br />

her <strong>in</strong> a harsh, ungentle voice, to return to<br />

her cell.<br />

"Fiend I" cried she, to St. Evangel<strong>in</strong>e, who wall<br />

roughly dragg<strong>in</strong>g her away, "you have long enough<br />

tormented me-soon it will be my turn.-Ah I I'll<br />

haunt you, when I die, and br<strong>in</strong>g with me legions of<br />

fiends I"<br />

"You have legions of fiends with you already,"<br />

replied her tormenter.<br />

"So I have; at least one that's equal to a legion,"<br />

retorted <strong>the</strong> lunatic.<br />

" You must fast and rema<strong>in</strong> shut out from <strong>the</strong> light,<br />

till <strong>the</strong> demons with<strong>in</strong> you be cast out ;" say<strong>in</strong>g which,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Abbess shoved her <strong>in</strong>to a dark cell-and lock<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> door, left her wildly rav<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

"How unfeel<strong>in</strong>g I" exclaimed Anna Maria, <strong>in</strong> a<br />

suppressed voice.<br />

4' 0, that we had gone to our graves, ere we entered<br />

this horrible place I" said Arabella, convulsively clasp-<br />

<strong>in</strong>g Anna Maria <strong>in</strong> her arms.

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