The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

The next transition of his soul was to exquisite villainy.

“A by-stander often sees more of the game than those that play,” answered Bianca.

If it is the will of the Most High that Manfred’s name must perish, resign yourself, my lord, to its decrees: and thus deserve a crown that can never pass away.

The well-meaning priest suffered him to deceive himself, fully determined to traverse his views, instead of seconding them.

“I fear no man’s displeasure,” said Theodore, “when a woman in distress puts herself under my protection.”