The ground began to shake under me, and I sunk suddenly down. The ghost of my mother hovered before my eyes, with a grim ghastly look; a chilly sweat bedewed my face and my senses forsook me."
"A violent shaking roused me at length from my stupefaction."
"The shaking did not cease, and I felt as if I was tossed to and fro; at the same time I heard a terrible, creeking and whizzing not far off. As soon as I had recovered my recollection, I perceived that I was sitting in a coach, driving onward with an incredible velocity, and found myself closely confined. Something was snoring by my side, but I could not distinguish what it was, being surrounded with impenetrable darkness."
"You cannot imagine what I suffered in that terrible situation: I was seized with anxiety and apprehension, creating the mosttormenting
