my heart palpitated in the sickness of fear ; and i hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : - like one who , on a lonely road , doth walk in fear and dread , and , having once turned round , walks on , and turns no more his head ; because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.v4 continuing thus , i came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligenceswand carriages usually stopped .