Ernest Maltravers Book IX coverCHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 5

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"Erichtho, then, Breathes her dire murmurs, which enforce him bear Her baneful secrets to the spirits of horror. " -- MARLOWE.
WITH a heavy step Maltravers ascended the stairs of his lonely house that night, and heavily, with a suppressed groan, did he sink upon the first chair that proffered rest.