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NIGHTMARE ABBEY.
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him to be silent, would, in the first place, not have made him so; and, in the second, would have shown a dread of being overheard by somebody. His only resource, therefore, was to try to drown Mr. Glowry's voice; and, having no other subject, he continued his description of the ear, raising his voice continually as Mr. Glowry raised his.
"When your cousin Marionetta," said Mr. Glowry, "whom you profess to love—whom you profess to love, sir—"
"The internal canal of the ear," said Scythrop, "is partly bony and partly cartilaginous. This internal canal is—"
"Is actually in the house, sir; and, when you are so shortly to be—as I expect—"
"Closed at the further end by the membrana tympani—"
"Joined together in holy matrimony—"
