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proper, therefore signals were altogether useless; and” added I, “that which you call one is of too dreadful a nature to announce the soft moments dedicated to love.” My paleness, the tremor which still remained upon me, the tears which flowed in spite of my efforts, and my intreaties that my company would remain with me a part of the night, convinced them I was ignorant of the cause which had produced the noise. We reasoned as to what it could have been the effect of, and determined to set people to watch in the street, in order to aſcertain it, in case it ſhould be repeated.
Every one in the house, my friends, my neighbours, the police even, have
