Page:The Necromancer, or, The Tale of the Black Forest Vol. 1.djvu/91

 fortune once more, and to hide himself either in the court-yard, or before the gate: When he saw that we would not stay any longer, he postponed the execution of his design to a future time, and followed our example."

"We left our inn at six o'clock, the morning was gloomy and rainy, the wind swept furiously over the heath, and drove the black clouds still closer and closer together; after a few minutes we entered the Black Forrest.—Looking out of the coach, I saw the Lieutenant and his servant turn to the left, towards a brook, where we beheld an odd phænomenon.—A reverend old man was sitting there, and reading in a large book; bewildered in profound meditation, he seemed to take no notice of the howling storm, and not to be sensible of the rain rushing down in large drops upon his uncovered head, the tempest was sporting with his reverend grey locks, and the rain beating in his face, yet he did not stir—His long brown robe seemed to de-