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Juravi lingua, mentem injuratam gero. Who brought you first acquainted with the devil? / - Shirley's St. Patrick for Ireland
I ran on till I had no longer breath or strength (without perceiving that I was in a dark passage), till I was stopped by a door. In falling against it, I burst it open, and found myself in a low dark room. When I raised myself, for I had fallen on my hands and knees, I looked round, and saw something so singular, as to suspend even my personal anxiety and terror for a moment.