Theservanthurriedtoobey，andinabouthalf-an-hourthecarriagewasatthedoor，andJacque，havingdirectedthecoachmantodrivetoB——n，asmalltownataboutthedistanceoftwelvemiles——thenearestpoint，however，atwhichpost-horsescouldbeobtained——
steppedintothevehicle，whichaccordinglyquittedthecastleimmediately。
Althoughitwasafinemoonlightnight，thecarriagemadeitswaybutveryslowly，andafterthelapseoftwohoursthetravellershadarrivedatapointabouteightmilesfromthecastle，atwhichtheroadstrikesthroughadesolateandheathyflat，slopingupdistantlyateithersideintobleakundulatoryhills，inwhosemonotonoussweeptheimaginationbeholdstheheavingofsomedarksluggishsea，arrestedinitsfirstcommotionbysomepreternaturalpower。Itisagloomyanddivestedspot；
thereisneithertreenorhabitationnearit；
itsmonotonyisunbroken，exceptbyhereandtherethegreyfrontofarockpeeringabovetheheath，andtheeffectisrenderedyetmoredrearyandspectralbytheexaggeratedandmistyshadowswhichthemooncastsalongtheslopingsidesofthehills。