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Chapter XXVIII

           Icannotcallthemhandsometheyweretoopaleandgravefortheword:astheyeachbentoverabook,theylookedthoughtfulalmosttoseverity. Astandbetweenthemsupportedasecondcandleandtwogreatvolumes,towhichtheyfrequentlyreferred,comparingthem,seemingly,withthesmallerbookstheyheldintheirhands,likepeopleconsultingadictionarytoaidtheminthetaskoftranslation. Thisscenewasassilentasifallthefigureshadbeenshadowsandthefirelitapartmentapicture: sohushedwasit,Icouldhearthecindersfallfromthegrate,theclocktickinitsobscurecorner;andIevenfanciedIcoulddistinguishtheclick-clickofthewoman’sknitting-needles. When,therefore,avoicebrokethestrangestillnessatlast,itwasaudibleenoughtome. 

           "Listen,Diana,"saidoneoftheabsorbedstudents;"FranzandoldDanielaretogetherinthenight-time,andFranzistellingadreamfromwhichhehasawakenedinterrorlisten!" Andinalowvoiceshereadsomething,ofwhichnotonewordwasintelligibletome;foritwasinanunknowntongueneitherFrenchnorLatin. WhetheritwereGreekorGermanIcouldnottell. 

           "Thatisstrong,"shesaid,whenshehadfinished:"Irelishit." Theothergirl,whohadliftedherheadtolistentohersister,repeated,whileshegazedatthefire,alineofwhathadbeenread. 

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