16/21 It was a waste and dismal show. Neither of them had read Dante; but Letty may have thought of the hall of Belshazzar, the night after the hand-haunted revel, when the Medes had had their will; for she had but lately read the story. A strange fear came upon her, and she drew back with a shudder. "Of course you must be, with nothing but that thin muslin! Shall I run down and get you a shawl ?" "Oh, no! do not leave me, please. It's not that," answered Letty. |