Then my own thoughts worried me. What crime was this that lived incarnate in this sequestered mansion, and could neither be expelled nor subdued by the owner?--what mystery, that broke out now in fire and now in blood, at the deadest hours of night?
¿Qué clase de criminal -pensaba yo- era aquella que vivía en una casa cuyo propietario no podía expulsarla ni someterla? ¿Qué misterio, ora suelto en llamas, ora en sangre, acontecía en aquellas noches oscuras?