"
"Very well you'll see. You had better go on horseback, if you
desire to be back in time to witness the illumination."
"I don't particularly desire to see the illumination, as I know
of; but I will ride, nevertheless. What am I to do when I get
there?"
"You will enter the ruins, and go on till you discover a spiral
staircase leading to what was once the vaults. The flags of
these vaults are loose from age, and if you should desire to
remove any of them, you will probably not find it an
impossibility."
"Why should I desire to remove them?" asked Sir Norman, who felt
dubious, and disappointed, and inclined to be dogmatical.
"Why, you may see a glimmering of light - hear strange noises;
and if you remove the stones, may possibly see strange sights.
As I told you before, it is rumored to be haunted, which is true
enough, though not in the way they suspect; and so the fools and
the common herd stay away."
"And if I am discovered peeping like a rascally valet, what will
be the consequences?"
"Very unpleasant ones to you; but you need not be discovered if
you take care. Ah! Look there!"
She pointed to the river, and both her companions looked.
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