Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN 'l'lIE DARK.
,Priestcraft and a bewildering superstition have transformed
her nature - made her what she was not I
'" '" '" '" '" Ah I I 'm not wont to cherish hate, but I
swear to be revenged on the vile serpent that infused
the deadly poison into her innocent mind I He shall
rue the day he thought to win her from me I '"'" 4< '"
'" But there hangs about it a mystery-an inexplicable
mystery I I '11 go and see Enola Glenn; she,
perhaps, understands Maria better than I do, and
may be able to conjecture, with greater probability of
hitting the mark, the real cause of this freak, and
what it will likely end in."
Enola was a relative of Carleton's and daughter of
the Mrs. Glenn introduced in our second chapter, in
conversation with Mrs. May. She was a young lady
of uncommon sagacity, and extensive reading; she
was the particular friend of Anna Maria, and had been
her intimate associate, until the latter entered the
Catholic school, where her privileges and social intercourse
were restricted.
When Carleton informed Enola of what had happened
and the trouble it gave him, she expressed no
surprise, but remarked:
"I've been anticipating something of that sort,
Alonzo, but couldn't divine exactly what kind of a
trick Dupin would resort to, to alienate Maria's sffections
and draw off her attachment from you; but I
well knew he would fall upon some scheme, to thwart
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