'As Cecilia advanced from the door, she thought the figures on the coffins began to move, their marble features became fleshy--the lights they held waxed pale--a strong sulphureous vapour rose from the tombs. Horror overwhelmed her, and again she made an effort to depart; but her feet, when she would have moved, sunk imperceptibly into the ground--a hot boiling fluid seemed to be gathering around them--and in a moment...