Light and Darkness, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, Mysteries of Life

Excerpt from Light and Darkness, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, Mysteries of Life

Next day, they resumed their journey; and as their way lay through a gloomy forest, nothing but the presence of the postilion saved the young bride's life. The night was passed at a post-house, where there were so few rooms, that Adelaide had to Sleep in the same apartment with the daughter of the owner: so here was nothing to be done either.

The Italians began to grow impatient at these difficulties, and Mazzuolo proposed a change in their tactics. On the previous evening, the weather being very cold, Ma dame Louison had ordered a fire in her chamber. She would doubtless do the same on the ensuing night and all they had to do was to fill the stove with charcoal, and her death would follow in the most natural way in the world. They were to pass the night at Nuremberg; and, as soon as they arrived, Karl was sent out to procure the charcoal.

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