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Chapter 5

           IbelieveanimalsareincapableoffeelingsupernaturalfrightifIhavebeenrightlyinformed,butatthismomentthereappearedtometobesomethingmorethanordinaryaboutNorma’sterror,asthoughitmustbesupernatural;andasthoughshefelt,justasIdidmyself,thatthisreptilewasconnectedwithsomemysterioussecret,somefatalomen.

           “Normabackedslowlyandcarefullyawayfromthebrute,whichfollowedher,creepingdeliberatelyafterherasthoughitintendedtomakeasuddendartandstingher.

           “InspiteofNorma’sterrorshelookedfurious,thoughshetrembledinallherlimbs.Atlengthsheslowlybaredherterribleteeth,openedhergreatredjaws,hesitatedtookcourage,andseizedthebeastinhermouth.Itseemedtotrytodartoutofherjawstwice,butNormacaughtatitandhalfswalloweditasitwasescaping.Theshellcrackedinherteeth;andthetailandlegsstuckoutofhermouthandshookaboutinahorriblemanner.SuddenlyNormagaveapiteouswhine;thereptilehadbittenhertongue.Sheopenedhermouthwidewiththepain,andIsawthebeastlyingacrosshertongue,andoutofitsbody,whichwasalmostbittenintwo,cameahideouswhite-lookingsubstance,oozingoutintoNorma’smouth;itwasoftheconsistencyofacrushedblack-beetle.JustthenIawokeandtheprinceenteredtheroom.

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