Show A TERRIBLE CHAMBER the th torture room of on the peri paris gerie gen described by victor hago recent memoirs this chamber occupies the ground floor of the crenulated tower the smallest of the trine three round tow tom tam on the quay in the center was an ominous and singular looking object it was as a bolt of long and narrow table of li astone joined with molten lead poured into the crevices very tery heavy beavy and supported on three htone ae legs as tin this table was mas about two to and a halt half feet high eight feet long and twenty one inches mide on looking up I 1 caw saw a great ruty iron hoot hook fastened i i the round tone stone chidi form forma the keystone of the arch the object ie the rack A leither leather s used to lie ile put over it upon m aich laih the tile victim was stretched ila a v maillac aillac remained for forcia six weeks upon friis tab table lewith with lua ilia feet and handa tied bound at the by a strap attached to a long chain hanging lian ping from the ceiling the last ring of the thel chain iain wan flipped slipped antho on the hool look which w I 1 stil I 1 paw saw fixed above my head six gentlemen guards and six six guards of the provost department watched him night anady darn ions was like in in this chamber cli imber and tied down upon this table during the v whole hole time occupied by h tho the inquiry and the trial of ins his case u the tito alar chiones do Brin villers was stretched upon it surk stark naked fast itea w I 1 down and so to speak quartered by tour four chains ch anns to the four limbs and there lie torture by water mater abi which cau cati vilier to at tek k how illow are sire you ou going to put that great barrel of water in thi little bod am A whole hole dark history is is there having filtered so to diwik droll by drop into the tile porca pores of filose ua bt OlICS these walla walls this vault this bench this table this pavement till door it all is it his has never quitted the place it has aa been shut up there it has been bolted up nothing has escaped from froin it nothing has h evaporated no ono one lias has ever spoken i ru betrayed betra cd revealed any an ot of it tins this crypt which m lich is is like tho tile mouth of a funnel turned upside down this vase made by the hands of man nan this elone stone box las kept kelt the secret of all the blood it li is drunk of nil all the shrieks it lias has stifled the frightful occurrences ft inch hive have taken place pi no in in tins this judger den ten stil still palpitate and live and arid exhava all sorte sorts of horrible In lasins what a abomination is is this chamber what a strange abomination tion ie is tine this tower i placed laced in the very middle of the quay without tiny I 1 noat or wall to separate it from front tile lie passerby passer by inside the saas a the boots the wooden horses the wheels heels tho tile pimen pincers the hammers which knock in in the tile medge wed the hiss hissing sing of flesh touched tou clied with the tile rod red hot iron ill tho spluttering of mood blood upon the live embers the cold interrogatories of t the lie despairing the tortured man inan outside within four paces tit izene commit coining and an going w omen chattering children pla ying vini tra desp koplo selling their wares aresi vehicles rolling along boats bo its upon the riv river the roar of the tile city ltv air ak 7 I 1 tun liberty |