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skin in proceeding rather th$n to have stopped 
here.” 
** It is too late to talk of wishes/* rejoined his 
lordship., neither can we set off now, were I dis- 
posed, for the hurricane is more furious than ever. 
Let us therefore make the best of it. In what part 
of the house do you sleep ?” “ Close at the head of 
your lordship’s bed/’ answered the domestic, c ' c , in a 
little closet, slip-side of a room by the stairs — there, 
my lord,” added the servant, pointing to a small door 
on the right. 
“ Then go to bed, we are not wholly without means 
of defence, you know ; and whichever of us shall 
be first alarmed may apprize the other. At the 
same time, all this may be nothing more than the 
work of our own fancies.” 
The anxiety of the dog, during this conversation, 
cannot be expressed. On the servant leaving the 
room, the dog ran hastily to the door, as if in hopes 
his lordship would follow ; and looking as if to en- 
tice him so to do. Upon his lordship’s advancing 
a few steps, the vigilant creature leaped up with 
every sign of satisfaction ; but when he found these 
steps were directed only to close the door, his de- 
fection was depicted in a manner no less lively than 
had been his joy. 
It is scarcely possible not to be impressed by these 
unaccountable circumstances, yet his lordship was 
almost ashamed of yielding to the apprehensions 
they inspired ; and, finding all quiet, both above and 
below, except the noise of the wind and rain, and 
finding that no caresses could draw the dog from 
the part of the room he had chosen, his lordship 
made a bed for the poor fellow with one of the mats* 
and then sought repose himself. Neither his dog, 
however, nor the master, could rest. The former 
rose often, and paced about the room : sometimes 
he came close to the bed curtains, and sometime® 
