The sound of her foot-steps roused the monk from his sullen apathy. Starting from the tomb against which he reclined, while his eyes wandered over the images of corruption contained in it, he pursued the victim of his brutality, and soon overtook her. He seized her by the arm, and violently forced her back into the dungeon. “Whither go you?” he cried in a stern voice; “return this instant!” Antonia trembled at the fury of his countenance.
