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 with violent cracks; several sheets besmeared with phosphorus swung to and fro, and at last flings thrown about the baron's legs and body, so that he remained as motionless as some enchanted knight.

"At the same time, a thick smoke arose near the altar, which became more and more condensed and voluminous. Dons Giacomo and Romero appeared in the midst of it, in the costume of two devils, and the more terrible, as the gigantic bulk of the former made so great a contrast with the dwarfishness of the latter. The disguise of both was painted with broad stripes of phosphorus, and Don Giacomo also bore on his head a lantern with the following inscription in red letters: "Sinner prepare; for thou must die!" Don Romero wore the red cockade, which Braggart had thrown away in the garden. They now stretched out their flaming arms to seize the knight of the woeful countenance, who seeing the two devils advance, shut his eyes, and did not open them till a good while afterwards.