Excerpt from Caesar Borgia, Vol. 2 of 3: An Historical Romance
The dusty and neglected aspect of the whole pharmacy indicated that the owner had not many calls on his skill, and apologized for his absence, even if it were not probable that he was one of the con tubernium allotted to hear the sermon. But no other living soul appeared, and as there seemed to be no exit but by a strongly barred door and casement, closed with iron panels, after a glance over the medicinal wares, Alfonsoconcluded that the object of his search must have remained above. Under this persuasion he was about to remount the stairs, when he distinctly heard what seemed to be a sob or sigh from below the spot Where he stood. Glancing suddenly round he perceived a slight glimmer in a large chimney-place behind, although there was cer tainly no fire in it; and stumbling as he went over some old crucibles in his hurry, he found, with as tonishment, that the light fell from what appeared to be an open trapdoor in the back wall of the chimney, masked by the projection of the front. The same light revealed a flight of narrow steps on each side, which ascended to it.
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