Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 20
Pealsofthundersoloudastoseemtoshaketheedificetoitsfoundationwillrollroundtheneighbouringmountains—andduringthefrightfulgustsofwindwhichaccompanyit,youwillprobablythinkyoudiscern(foryourlampisnotextinguished)onepartofthehangingmoreviolentlyagitatedthantherest.Unableofcoursetorepressyourcuriosityinsofavourableamomentforindulgingit,youwillinstantlyarise,andthrowingyourdressing-gownaroundyou,proceedtoexaminethismystery.Afteraveryshortsearch,youwilldiscoveradivisioninthetapestrysoartfullyconstructedastodefytheminutestinspection,andonopeningit,adoorwillimmediatelyappear—whichdoor,beingonlysecuredbymassybarsandapadlock,youwill,afterafewefforts,succeedinopening—and,withyourlampinyourhand,willpassthroughitintoasmallvaultedroom.”
“No,indeed;Ishouldbetoomuchfrightenedtodoanysuchthing.”
“What!NotwhenDorothyhasgivenyoutounderstandthatthereisasecretsubterraneouscommunicationbetweenyourapartmentandthechapelofSt.Anthony,scarcelytwomilesoff?Couldyoushrinkfromsosimpleanadventure?No,no,youwillproceedintothissmallvaultedroom,andthroughthisintoseveralothers,withoutperceivinganythingveryremarkableineither.Inoneperhapstheremaybeadagger,inanotherafewdropsofblood,andinathirdtheremainsofsomeinstrumentoftorture;buttherebeingnothinginallthisoutofthecommonway,andyourlampbeingnearlyexhausted,youwillreturntowardsyourownapartment.
