The Room In The Dragon Volant Author:Joseph Sheridan Lefanu This man had come as noiselessly as a ghost; and everything he did was accomplished with the rapidity and decision that indicated a well-defined and pre-arranged plan. His designs were evidently sinister. I thought he was going to rob and, perhaps, murder me. I lay, nevertheless, like a corpse under his hands. He inserted his hand in my breast p... more »ocket, from which he took my precious white rose and all the letters it contained, among which was a paper of some consequence to me.« less