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Captivity: The Fifth Day

           "Nodoubtsomeinvisiblewitnesshadseenmedrawthewaterfromthatfountain,andhadtakenadvantageofmyconfidenceinit,thebettertoassuremyruin,socoollyresolvedupon,socruellypursued.

           "Halfanhourhadnotpassedwhenthesamesymptomsbegantoappear;butasIhadonlydrunkhalfaglassofthewater,Icontendedlonger,andinsteadoffallingentirelyasleep,Isankintoastateofdrowsinesswhichleftmeaperceptionofwhatwaspassingaroundme,whiledeprivingmeofthestrengtheithertodefendmyselfortofly.

           "Idraggedmyselftowardthebed,toseektheonlydefenseIhadleftmysavingknife;butIcouldnotreachthebolster.Isankonmyknees,myhandsclaspedroundoneofthebedposts;thenIfeltthatIwaslost."

           Feltonbecamefrightfullypale,andaconvulsivetremorcreptthroughhiswholebody.

           "Andwhatwasmostfrightful,"continuedMilady,hervoicealtered,asifshestillexperiencedthesameagonyasatthatawfulminute,"wasthatatthistimeIretainedaconsciousnessofthedangerthatthreatenedme;wasthatmysoul,ifImaysayso,wakedinmysleepingbody;wasthatIsaw,thatIheard.Itistruethatallwaslikeadream,butitwasnotthelessfrightful.

           "Isawthelampascend,andleavemeindarkness;thenIheardthewell-knowncreakingofthedooralthoughIhadheardthatdooropenbuttwice.

           "Ifeltinstinctivelythatsomeoneapproachedme;itissaidthatthedoomedwretchinthedesertsofAmericathusfeelstheapproachoftheserpent.

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