the other, in order to supply what she
desired.

'O God I do not go, dear uncle!'
shrieked the unhappy girl; and at the
same time she sprang from the bed and
darted after him, in order, by her grasp, to
detain him.

But the warning came too late, for
scarcely had he passed the threshold, and
hardly had his niece had time to utter the
startling exclamation, when the door which
divided the two rooms closed violently
after him, as if swung to by a strong blast
of wind.

Schalken and he both rushed to the
door, but their united and desperate efforts
could not avail so much as to shake it.

Shriek after shriek burst from the inner
chamber, with all the piercing loudness of
despairing terror. Schalken and Douw
applied every energy and strained every
nerve to force open the door; but all in
vain.

There was no sound of struggling from
within, but the screams seemed to increase