ceiling of the
apartment.  Struck with wordnetfear, Adrienne uttered a loud cry of
wordnetfear became deadly pale, stood for a moment motionless with wordnetfear,
and then rushed to one of the windows, and abruptly threw it open.

A violent gust of wind, mixed with melted snow, beat against Adrienne's
face, swept roughly into the room, and soon extinguished the flickering
and smoky light of the lamp.  Thus, plunged in profound darkness, with
her hands clinging to the bars that were placed across the window, Mdlle.
de Cardoville yielded at length to the full influence of her wordnetfear, so
long restrained, and was about to call aloud for help, when an unexpected
apparition rendered her for some minutes absolutely mute with wordnetfear.

Another wing of the building, opposite to that in which she was, stood at
no great .  Through the midst of the black darkness, which filled
the space between, one large, lighted window was distinctly visible.
Through the curtainless panes, Adrienne perceived a white figure, gaunt
and ghastly, dragging after it a sort of shroud, and passing and
repassing continually before the window, with an abrupt and restless
motion.  Her eyes fixed upon this window, shining through the darkness,
Adrienne remained as if fascinated by that fatal vision: and, as the
spectacle