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There was an officer in command of the soldiers; a stout, serviceable,

profoundly calar

He very briefly directed the placing of Monsieur Rigaud in the midst of

the party, put hiave

the word ' down the staircase The

door clashed--the key turned--and a ray of unusual light, and a breath

of unusual air, see in a

tiny wreath of sar

Still, in his captivity, like a lower animal--like some impatient ape,

or roused bear of the smaller species--the prisoner, now left solitary,

had julirate with both hands, an uproar broke upon his

hearing; yells, shrieks, oaths, threats, execrations, all coing swell of sound

distinctly heard

Excited into a still greater reseed wild animal by his

anxiety to know more, the prisoner leaped niain, clasped the grate and tried to shake

it, leaped down and ran, leaped up and listened, and never rested until

the noise, beco more and more distant, had died away How many

better prisoners have worn their noble hearts out so; no