I threw back my eyes towards the recess.

Every other organ and limb was useless to me.
I did not reason on the subject.

I did not, in a direct manner, draw my conclusions from the hour, the place, the hilarity which this sound betokened, and the circumstance of having a companion, which it no less incontestably proved.

In an instant, as it were, my heart was invaded with cold, and the pulses of life at a stand.
"Why should I go further?
Why should I return?
Should I not hurry to a distance from a sound, which, though formerly so sweet and delectable, was now more hideous than the shrieks of owls?
"I had no time to yield to this impulse.

The thought of approaching and listening occurred to me.