Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 97: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. gI CHAPTER VI. XN HOW I SAW A STRANGE SIGHT; AND HOW I MADE A GREAT DISCOVERY. Some three or four nights after that event- ful morning I awoke suddenly from a deep, dreamless slumber, with the tune of that grisly song still ringing in my ears, and be- came aware, by the noise below and the flick- ering, uncertain light thrown upon the ceiling of my room, that some unusual business was in progress in the courtyard. My first natural thought was of fire, and I leaped from my bed and rushing to the win- dow flung it open. The first glance showed me that my apprehensions were groundless 5 the second filled me with mniscunded aston- ishment. The great gate was open, and through it a constant stream of men, under the direc- tions of John o’ Compton, were carrying kegs slung two and two, while other assistants lighted the way with torches. It was a comichbooks.com