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Excerpt from Agnes Sorel, an Historical Romance, Vol. 3 of 3
Still there was a sort of silent solemnity over the place, and an uneasy calm, if I may use an expression which seems to imply a contradic tion: an oppressive expectation. Whenever the bell ceased, no other sound was heard. Men walked in groups, and spoke not even the women bated their breath, and conversed in lower tones.
Early in the morning, a gay tram had passed into the castle, after circling the town till a gate, opening beyond the walls into the fields, had been reached. There were ladies, and waiting-women, and several gentlemen of gallant mien, and a small troop of archers. But the Castle gates swallowed them up, and nothing more was seen of them for several hours. From time to time, two or three horse men -rode out of the town, and sometimes a small party re-entered it. These, however, were the only occurrences which gave any ap pearance of movement to the scene till after the hour of noon.
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