page 09 _______________The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe |
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When the
eyes of Prince Prospero fell on this spectral
image (which, with a slow and solemn movement,
as if more fully to sustain its role, stalked
to and fro among the waltzers) he was seen
to be convulsed, in the first moment with
a strong shudder either of terror or distaste;
but in the next, his brow reddened with rage.
"Who dares"--he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him--"who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him--that we may know whom we have to hang, at sunrise, from the battlements!" It was in the eastern or blue chamber
in which stood Prince Prospero as he uttered
these words. They rang throughout the seven
rooms loudly and clearly, for the prince
was a bold and robust man, and the music
had become hushed at the waving of his
hand. |
Quand
les yeux du prince Prospero tombèrent
sur cette figure de spectre, – qui,
d’un mouvement lent, solennel, emphatique,
comme pour mieux soutenir son rôle,
se promenait çà et là
à travers les danseurs, – on
le vit d’abord convulsé par un
violent frisson de terreur ou de dégoût
; mais, une seconde après, son front
s’empourpra de rage. |
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