All her fears were at present linked to his person, and she gazed at the clock, with nearly as much eagerness as my father had done, in expectation of the next hour.
An half hour passed away in this state of suspence.

Her eyes were fixed upon the rock; suddenly it was illuminated.

A light proceeding from the edifice, made every part of the scene visible.

A gleam diffused itself over the intermediate space, and instantly a loud report, like the explosion of a mine, followed.

She uttered an involuntary shriek, but the new sounds that greeted her ear, quickly conquered her surprise.
They were piercing shrieks, and uttered without intermission.