ABSTRACT
I found myself in a small court, encompassed by lofty walls, and guarded by a railing of iron planted in every direction. The clearness of the night afforded me an opportunity of contemplating the situation, and I found it no less terrible than that from which I had escaped. After standing like a statue that was petrified, during several minutes, the moon-beams, by removing the shadow from one side of the court, discovered a small casement-widow: my heart bounded with hope, and I listened to hear if the apartment to which it belonged was inhabited.
