Last night the Count left me early, and locked himself into his own room. As soon as I dared I ran up the winding stair, and looked out...

This morning, as I was sitting on the edge of my bed cudgelling my brains, I heard without a cracking of whips and pounding and scraping...

This morning when I woke I thought I would provide myself with some paper and envelopes from my bag and keep them in my pocket, so that I...