intervals, a certain noise with his teeth, which is not accounted to be a token of heroism, when the wind rustled a little stronger betwixt the leaves, and became more and more silent the nearer we approached the castle. The rest of the company were also not entirely free of fearful apprehensions; and there was not one who did not exhibit stronger or weaker symptoms of anxious apprehensions.
"A sudden gust of wind, which extinguished some of the torches, served to encrease the fear which prevailed in our heroic society: and some of the ladies protested they would not advance a step farther, if they were not lighted again immediately. We were, therefore, obliged to halt, which happening frequently, our march was very much retarded; and those that were more fearful than the rest, gained time to communicate their apprehensions to their neighbours, and to infect even the servants, who, at first, had displayed pretty much courage.
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