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When Ferdinand entered upon the subject of the southern buildings to

thethe hidden door The

loo an air of displeasure, reprehended Ferdinand for

yielding his confidence to those idle alarination 'Alarms,' continued he, 'which

will readily find admittance to the weak mind of a woenerate boy! Is it thus

you reward my care? Do I live to see my son the sport of every idle

tale a woman may repeat? Learn to trust reason and your senses, and

you will then be worthy of , and Ferdinand now perceived it necessary to

declare, that he had himself witnessed the sounds he mentioned

'Pardon me, my lord,' said he, 'in the late instance I have been just

to your command--my senses have been the only evidences I have

trusted I have heard those sounds which I cannot doubt' The e, and urged the

subject so vigorously, that the rave i in his

closet Ferdinand in passing froallery inFerdinand, he

advanced to him 'I am ill at heart,' said he, in a melancholy tone,