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Updated: May 10, 2025
Robert Audley had been prepared to witness some considerable agitation in the old man's manner, but he was not prepared for the terrible anguish, the ghastly terror, which convulsed Mr. Maldon's haggard face as he uttered the last word. "No, no, no, no," reiterated the lieutenant, in a shrill, half-screaming voice; "no, no! For God's sake, don't say that!
There was something awful in the solemn stillness that reigned around them; and with something like awe did it inspire them. It was not unbroken by sounds; but these were of a character to sadden rather than cheer them, for they were sounds to be heard only in the wilderness of the great deep, such as the half-screaming laugh of the sea-mew, and the wild whistle of the boatswain-bird.
I have made much enquiry about him, but all I am able to learn, is that he was certainly confined, at one part of his life, in a private mad-house: and though now, from not being mischievous, he is set at liberty, his looks, language, and whole behaviour, announce the former injury of his intellects." "O Lord," cried Miss Larolles, half-screaming, "what shocking notions you put in one's head!
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