Excerpt from Ferrers, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance of the Reign of George the Second While thus awaiting his doom, the moon had declined low in the west and darkness had set in. After a time, Bernard heard a door below Open, and somebody walk towards the stairs once again, the tread of feet were heard ascending, but they were not so heavy as before. In a mo ment, a light flashed through the keyhole, fol lowed by the drawing aside of the outer bolts, when, opening the door slowly, an Old woman entered, and, placing her candle upon a chair, fastened the bolt on the inside, and looked inquisitively at the captive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.