Saturday, May 1, 2010

  • The Baron Von Koëldwethout, of Grogzwig in Germany, was as likely a young baron as you would wish to see.
  • I needn't say that he lived in a castle, because that's of course; neither need I say that he lived in an old castle;
  • for what German baron ever lived in a new one? There were many strange circumstances connected with this venerable building,
  • among which, not the least startling and mysterious were, that when the wind blew, it rumbled in the chimneys,
  • or even howled among the trees in the neighboring forest; and that when the moon shone,