. Thackerayana;. my designs, and advanced toseize the princess. At that instantthe portrait of his grandfather, whichhung over the bench where they had &been sitting, uttered a deep sigh,and heaved its breast. Manfred was distracted between his pur-suit of Isabella and the aspect of the picture, which quitted itspanel and stepped on the floor with a grave and melancholy vision sighed and made a sign to Manfred to follow him. Lead on ! cried Manfred ; I will follow thee to the gulph ofperdition. The spectre marched sedately, but dejected, to the endof the gallery. Manfred followed, full
. Thackerayana;. my designs, and advanced toseize the princess. At that instantthe portrait of his grandfather, whichhung over the bench where they had &been sitting, uttered a deep sigh,and heaved its breast. Manfred was distracted between his pur-suit of Isabella and the aspect of the picture, which quitted itspanel and stepped on the floor with a grave and melancholy vision sighed and made a sign to Manfred to follow him. Lead on ! cried Manfred ; I will follow thee to the gulph ofperdition. The spectre marched sedately, but dejected, to the endof the gallery. Manfred followed, full of anxiety and horror, butresolved. The spectre retired. Isabella had fled to a subterraneanpassage leading from the Castle to the Sanctuary of St. this vault she encountered the young peasant who had provokedthe animosity of Manfred. He lifted up a secret trap-door, andIsabella made her escape; but Manfred and his followers preventedthe flight of the daring stranger. The prince, who expected to. THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. 25 secure Isabella, was considerably startled to discover this youth inher stead. The weight of the helmet had broken the pavementabove, and he had thus alighted in time to assist Isabella, whosedisappearance he denied. A noise of voices startled Manfred, whowas alarmed by fresh indications of hostile evidences. Jacquesand Diego, two of his retainers, detailed the fresh cause of was thus : they had heard a noise—they opened a door and ranback, their hair standing on end with terror. It is a giant, I believe, said Diego ; he is all clad in armour,for I saw his foot and part of his leg, and they are as large as the
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