"Now I began to reproach myself for having plunged into the gulph of destruction not only myself, but also him who had been entrusted to my care. The apprehension of being famished in that infernal abode, thrilled my soul with horror, and black despair; at first I heard the Baron and the Lieutenant still groping about, neither of them uttered a word; the hollow sound of their footsteps re-echoed horribly through the vault—at length the sound of the Baron's footsteps died away at a distance, and only one of my companions in destruction remained with me."
"Where are you?" exclaimed the Lieutenant.
"Here I am," replied I, "but where is the Baron?"
"The Lieutenant called him, and I did the same, but we received no answer: At once a sudden hollow noise struck our ears, and at the same time a faint glimmering oflight
