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THE thought of undefined horror conveyed by that word "_oubliette_" for a moment held Noemi as though it had paralysed her. But this was for a moment only, and then she bounded in the direction of the keep.
A word must be said as to what an _oubliette_ was. In almost every mediaeval castle in France and Germany the visitor is shown holes, usually in the floor, that descend to a considerable depth, and which are said to be _oubliettes_ -- that is to say, places down which prisoners were dropped when it was to the interest of the lord of the castle to sink them in oblivion.