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The Monk; a romance

CHAPTER V
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He threw himself into his seat, folded his arms, and leaning his head upon the table, sank into reflections perplexing and unconnected.
He was still in this attitude when the opening of the prison door rouzed him from his stupor.

He was summoned to appear before the Grand Inquisitor.

He rose, and followed his Gaoler with painful steps.

He was led into the same Hall, placed before the same Examiners, and was again interrogated whether He would confess.

He replied as before, that having no crimes, He could acknowledge none: But when the Executioners prepared to put him to the question, when He saw the engines of torture, and remembered the pangs which they had already inflicted, his resolution failed him entirely.


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