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 ed, gave a hollow groan, and opened his eyes: His fainting fit had been the effect of sudden terror, and he had not received the least hurt."

"He now told us that he had met in the dark with a long narrow passage which he had pursued, in a kind of insensibility, 'till he had staggered down from an elevated spot, when the boards suddenly giving way, dragged him along into the deep vault."

"Looking around we perceived that we were in a spacious cavern, which appeared to have been formerly a kind of stable. High over our heads were two large round holes, grated with strong iron bars, through which the day light was admitted, and after a closer examination we espied a gloomy outlet in a remote corner, shut up by a wooden door, which we forced open without difficulty: We now ascended, through a dark passage, higher and higher, 'till we at length with rapture beheld an outlet which opened into