Excerpt from The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &amp;C, Vol. 12: The Third Series; July 1, 1828<br><br>As the night became colder she spread a large embroidered mantle of fine cloth over the sleeper; then looking round for the pilgrim, took the table-lamp, and approaching him, said, Pilgrim, you will not be sur gprised that I am anxious to know what may be the purport of those mysterious warnings addressed to thee by my aunt. Evil design can hardly be suspected beneath the garb thou wearest; and I have seen my kinswoman so moved by the fore bodings of her own spirit. 'i shall leave thee to consider how far pru dence and duty warrant informing me with what views thou hast pene trated our sequestered and secret re fuge, and thou wilt find me disposed to judge thy motives with candour. The pilgrim bent his head in mute accordance to this proposal, and the lady replaced her lamp on the table, and drew near it along bench cover ed with cushions and purple cloth, fringed and tasselled with gold.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.