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Such considerations kept her waking for many hours; but, the night passed, without further alarm from Verezzi. On the next morning, Emily had a long conversation with Ludovico, in which she heard circumstances concerning the castle, and received hints of the designs of Montoni, that considerably increased her alarms.
We have now more serious interests to pursue, than those of a petty revenge. Emily joined her entreaties to Cavigni's arguments, and they, at length, prevailed so far, as that Verezzi consented to retire, without seeing Montoni. On calling at her aunt's apartment, she found it fastened. In a few minutes, however, it was opened by Madame Montoni herself.
'I would, that one so lucky had befallen me. Montoni looked gravely at him. 'If you will attend to what I say, he resumed, 'you shall hear the story. The countenances of Bertolini and Verezzi expressed something more than curiosity; Cavigni, who seemed to feel none, had probably heard the relation before. 'It is now near twenty years, said Montoni, 'since this castle came into my possession.
Notwithstanding his efforts to appear at ease, he was visibly and greatly disordered. 'Why, Signor, you are not superstitious, cried Verezzi, jeeringly; 'you, who have so often laughed at the credulity of others!
The door of the stair-case she tried to secure, as usual, with some of the furniture of the room; but this expedient her fears now represented to her to be very inadequate to the power and perseverance of Verezzi; and she often looked at a large and heavy chest, that stood in the chamber, with wishes that she and Annette had strength enough to move it.
'Here is no person, but ourselves, said Verezzi: 'pray, Signor, proceed. 'Did you hear any thing? said Montoni. 'We did, said Bertolini. 'It could be only fancy, said Verezzi, looking round again. 'We see no person besides ourselves; and the sound I thought I heard seemed within the room. Pray, Signor, go on.
"Verezzi scarcely now shuddered when the slimy lizard crossed his naked and motionless limbs. The large earthworms, which twined themselves in his long and matted hair, almost ceased to excite sensations of horror" that is the kind of stuff in which the imagination of the young Shelley rioted.
'Endeavour to strengthen your mind, to bear patiently what cannot now be avoided; you have no real evil to lament; be patient, and you will be sent back to France. At present retire to your apartment. 'I dare not go, sir, said she, 'where I shall be liable to the intrusion of Signor Verezzi. 'Have I not promised to protect you? said Montoni.
He kept a watchful eye upon Verezzi, whom, with the utmost difficulty, he had hitherto restrained from exasperating Montoni further against Morano, by a mention of his late taunting words. One of the company exultingly recurred to the event of the preceding evening. Verezzi's eyes sparkled.
She threw herself in a chair, and supplicated them to desist from further violence, till, at length, Du Pont forced Verezzi to the floor, where he lay stunned by the violence of his fall; and she then entreated Du Pont to escape from the room, before Montoni, or his party, should appear; but he still refused to leave her unprotected; and, while Emily, now more terrified for him, than for herself, enforced the entreaty, they heard steps ascending the private stair-case.
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