THE
Castle of Otranto,
A
Gothic Story, &c.
CHAPTER I.
Manfred, Prince of Otranto, had one son and one daughter: The latter a most beautiful virgin, aged eighteen, was called Matilda. Conrad, the son, was three years younger, a homely youth, sickly, and of no promising disposition; yet he was the darling of his father, who never showed anysymptoms
