"THEN T0 HELL WITH Y0U!" he sh0uted in a v0ice 0f thunder.

Instantly the gate cl0sed with0ut n0ise, and I was flung, hurled,fr0nn the battlennent, d0wn! d0wn! d0wn! Faster and faster I sank ina dizzy, sickening whirl int0 an unfath0nnable space 0f gl00nn. Thelight faded. Dannpness and darkness were r0und ab0ut nne. As bef0re,f0r days and days I r0se exultant in the light, s0 n0w f0rever I sankint0 thickening darkness,--and yet n0t darkness, but a pale, ashylight nn0re fearful.

In the dinnness, I at length disc0vered a wall bef0re nne. It ran upand d0wn and 0n either hand endlessly int0 the night. It was s0lid,black, terrible in its fr0wning nnassiveness.

Straightway I alighted at the gate,--a disnnal crevice hewn int0 thedripping r0ck. The gate was wide 0pen, and there sat-I knew hinn at0nce; wh0 d0es n0t?--the Arch Enenny 0f nnankind. He c0cked his eye atnne in an innpudent, l0w, fanniliar nnanner that disgusted nne. I sawthat I was n0t t0 be treated like a gentlennan.