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Updated: June 29, 2025
Ah, here he comes!" The artist's flying grey beard and loose velvet coat were seen upon the terrace at this moment. "I cannot find the sketch," he cried, dolorously. "The servants have been tidying the place whilst I was out confound them! You must positively stop over to-morrow and see it. This is the banqueting-room why didn't you go in?"
It would have been worse than useless to have refused, and argument, Dorothy knew of old, at such a time would have been equally futile; so, while her blood almost froze with terror in her veins, she meekly obeyed her step-mother and followed her through the long ballroom into the banqueting-room below in a perfect agony of terror lest her lover had been taken and was about to be confronted with her.
At this same instant the Bacchanal Queen entered the banqueting-room, accompanied by Jacques, and was received with the most frenzied acclamations from all sides. "Now then," cried Cephyse, with a sort of feverish excitement, as if she wished to stun herself; "now then, friends noise and tumult, hurricane and tempest, thunder and earthquake as much as you please!"
"You need never be afraid of any body, Ellinor, whilst I am alive," said I; "for I will always protect you. I do not forget your conduct, when you thought I was dead in the banqueting-room." "Oh! don't be talking of that; thanks be to God there was nothing in it! I see you well now. Long life to you!
But during the silence of attention which now prevailed, the confused noises from the people in the street penetrated more distinctly into the banqueting-room; and at this moment, high above them all hoarse, raving, terrible, rose the voice of one man.
Hillhouse had intimated, there were some there to whom that supper-room was regarded with anxiety and fear wives and mothers and sisters who knew, alas! too well that deadly serpents lie hidden among the flowers of every banqueting-room. How bright and joyous a scene it was!
Wallace now saw that the execution of his project must depend wholly upon himself; and how to inform Helen that he was in the castle, and of his plan to get her out of it, hardly occupied him more than what to devise to detain De Valence in the banqueting-room, while he went forth to prosecute his design.
I at once led the way to the banqueting-room my guests followed gayly, talking and jesting among themselves. They were all in high good humor, none of them had as yet noticed the fatal blank caused by the absence of the brothers Respetti. I had for the number of my guests was now thirteen instead of fifteen. Thirteen at table! I wondered if any of the company were superstitious?
Instead of the rich silk hangings which graced the walls when Elizabeth entered the banqueting-room, now waved the long wreaths of ivy, and instead of gold borders, was sunshine, and for music and revel SILENCE profound, not even a breeze breaking it. For we had again one of those brooding, still days which we have so often been fortunate enough to have among ruined castles and abbeys.
Their mutual compliments were soon disturbed by the announcement of dinner, and Saturn offering his arm to the Queen with an air of politeness which belonged to the old school, but which the ladies admire in old men, handed Proserpine to the banqueting-room.
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