Seizure of Ebba

Phiz

1844

10 cm wide by 2.8 cm high

Illustration for William Harrison Ainsworth's Auriol or The Elixir of Life (London: George Routledge and Sons, n. d.),

Facing title page

[See commentary below]

Harrison Ainsworth

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Commentary

The passage illustrated comes from Chapter IX, "The Moon In The First Quarter":

"Fool! cried the stranger, "since you provoke my wrath, take your doom."

And he stampted on the ground. At this signal an arm was thrust from the trap-door, and Auriol's hand was seized with an iron grasp.

While this took place, the stranger bore his lovely burden swiftly up the plank leading to the narrow doorway in the wall, and just as he was passing through it he pointed towards the sky. [p.3]

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