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neglected fountain had overflowed, to the door of the house. It was

not opened immediately, in answer to the ringing of the bell, and

one of my two conductors struck the man who opened it, with his

heavy riding-glove, across the face.

“There was nothing in this action to attract my particular

attention, for I had seen common people struck more commonly

than dogs. But, the other of the two, being angry likewise, struck

the man in like manner with his arm; the look and bearing of the

brothers were then so exactly alike, that I then first perceived

them to be twin brothers.

“From the time of our alighting at the outer gate (which we

found locked, and which one of the brothers had opened to admit

us, and had relocked), I had heard cries proceeding from an upper

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chamber. I was conducted to this chamber straight, the cries

growing louder as we ascended the stairs, and I found a patient in

a high fever of the brain, lying on a bed.

“The patient was a woman of great beauty, and young;

assuredly not much past twenty. Her hair was torn and ragged,

and her arms were bound to her sides with sashes and

handkerchiefs. I noticed that these bonds were all portions of a

gentleman’s dress. On one of them, which was a fringed scarf for a

dress ceremony, I saw the armorial bearings of a Noble, and the

letter E.

“I saw this, within the first minute of my contemplation of the

patient; for, in her restless strivings she had turned over on her

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