I could see nothing but a pair of red orbs, glowing like flaming carbuncles.
"'Thou wouldst be free,' continued the voice.

'Thou shalt be so.

Arise, and follow me.' "At this I felt myself grasped by an iron arm, against which all resistance would have been unavailing, even if I had dared to offer it, and in an instant I was dragged up the narrow steps.

The stone wall opened before my unseen conductor, and in another moment we were upon the roof of the dormitory.

By the bright starbeams shooting down from above, I discerned a tall shadowy figure standing by my side.
"'Thou art mine,' he cried, in accents graven for ever on my memory; 'but I am a generous master, and will give thee a long term of freedom.
Thou shalt be avenged upon thine enemy--deeply avenged.' "'Grant this, and I am thine,' I replied, a spirit of infernal vengeance possessing me.