And Adam Warner fell to the ground, as if the blow had broken his own heart.

Little heeding the insensible victim of his hard and cunning policy, Richard advanced to the inspection of the interior recesses of the machinery.

But that which promised Adam's destruction saved him.

The heavy stroke had battered in the receptacle of the documents, had buried them in the layers of iron.

The faithful Eureka, even amidst its injuries and wrecks, preserved the secret of its master.
The prince, with impatient hands, explored all the apertures yet revealed, and after wasting many minutes in a fruitless search, was about to bid the smith complete the work of destruction, when the door suddenly opened and Lord Hastings entered.