. The marble faun; or, The romance of Monte Beni . THE OWL TOWER. 293 to a low, ancient doorway. It admitted them to anarrow turret-stair which zigzagged upward, lightedin its progTess by loopholes and iron-barred the top of the first flight, the Count threwopen a door of worm-eaten oak, and disclosed a cham-ber that occupied the whole area of the tower. Itwas most pitiably forlorn of aspect, with a brick-pavedfloor, bare holes thiough the massive walls, gratedwith iron, instead of windows, and for furniture anold stool, wliich increased the dreariness of the placetenfold, by
. The marble faun; or, The romance of Monte Beni . THE OWL TOWER. 293 to a low, ancient doorway. It admitted them to anarrow turret-stair which zigzagged upward, lightedin its progTess by loopholes and iron-barred the top of the first flight, the Count threwopen a door of worm-eaten oak, and disclosed a cham-ber that occupied the whole area of the tower. Itwas most pitiably forlorn of aspect, with a brick-pavedfloor, bare holes thiough the massive walls, gratedwith iron, instead of windows, and for furniture anold stool, wliich increased the dreariness of the placetenfold, by suggesting an idea of its having once beentenanted. This was a prisoners ceU in the old days, saidDonatello ; the white-bearded necromancer, of whomI told you, found out that a certain famous monk wasconfined here, about five hmidred years ago. He wasa very holy man, and was afterwards burned at thestake in the Grand-ducal Square at Firenze. Therehave always been stories, Tomaso says, of a hoodedmonk creeping up and down these stairs, or standing
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