The prisoner trembled, however, and changed colour, when a step was heard on the stair, and the door of the turret-chamber slowly opened, and a tall man, dressed as one of those banditti to whom they owed their misfortune, slowly entered, and shut the door behind him; his cap, pulled down upon his brows, concealed the upper part of his face, and he held his mantle in such a manner as to muffle the rest.
Mélyen homlokába húzott sapkája eltakarta arca felső részét, viszont köpenyét úgy tartotta, hogy elrejtse a többit. Így állt ott megrémült foglya előtt, mintha olyan gaztettre készülne, melyet maga is szégyell.