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For a whole hour I was trying to work out in my delirious brain the / reasons which might have influenced this seemingly tranquil huntsman. / The absurdest notions ran in utter confusion through my mind. I / thought madness was coming on!
But at last a noise of footsteps was heard in the dark abyss. Hans / was approaching. A flickering light was beginning to glimmer on the / wall of our darksome prison; then it came out full at the mouth of / the gallery. Hans appeared.