What effect it produced on Viviana may be easily conjectured.

But her nature was brave and enduring, and, though she trembled so violently as scarcely to be able to keep her seat, she gave no utterance to her fears.

They were now skirting that part of the morass since denominated, from the unfortunate speculation previously alluded to, "Roscoe's Improvements." This tract was the worst and most dangerous portion of the whole moss.

Soft, slabby, and unsubstantial, its treacherous beds scarcely offered secure footing to the heron that alighted on them.

The ground shook beneath the fugitives as they hurried past the edge of the groaning and quivering marsh.